"Previous editions by Austin F. Rogers and Paul F. Kerr." Includes bibliographical references and index.

MINERAL OPTICS: Mineral preparations for microscopic study -- The polarizing microscope -- A summary of the properties of light -- Refraction -- Plane polarized light in minerals -- Convergent polarized light -- The universal stage -- General features: color, mode of aggregation, cleavage and orientation -- Mineral fragments -- Systematic identification -- MINERAL DESCRIPTIONS: Elements to hydroxides -- Carbonates, sulfates, and phosphates -- Silicates: framework structures (tectosilicates) -- Silicates: chain structures (inosilicates) -- Silicates: single, multiple, and ring SiO, structures (neso-, soro-, and cyclosilicates) -- Silicates: sheet structures and mineraloids.