MacKenzie W.S., Guilford C. Atlas of rock-forming minerals in thin section

Elsevier, 2011, 670 pages Ultrahigh pressure metamorphism (UHPM) is a relatively new but fast growing discipline related to the deep subduction of slabs of continental and/or oceanic crust into the Earth's mantle and their return towards the surface as important components of mountain belts. The discipline was established ~25 years ago after discoveries of high pressure minerals, coesite and diamond, in the rocks of the continental affinities,...

Cambridge University Press. The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge, UK. 2006 Processes involved in the development of igneous and metamorphic rocks involve some combination of crystal growth, solution, movement and deformation, which is expressed as changes in texture (microstructure). Recent advances in the quantification of aspects of crystalline rock textures, such as crystal size, shape, orientation and position, have opened new avenues of researc...

Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, D.C. 20008 ABSTRACT The terminology of igneous cumulates was originally formulated on the concept that the rocks were concentrations of minerals accumulated by crystal settling. It is now well established for several major intrusions that plagioclase that had been typed as cumulus should, in fact, have floated in its parental magmatic liquid. Nevertheless, the terminology ha...

Chapter 1: Overview of Fundamental Concepts Chapter 2: Composition and Classification of Magmatic Rocks . Chapter 3: Thermodynamics and Kinetics: An Introduction . Chapter 4: Silicate Melts and Volatile Fluids in Magma Systems Chapter 5: Crystal-Melt Equilibria in Magmatic Systems . Chapter 6: Chemical Dynamics of Melts and Crystals Chapter 7: Kinetic Paths and Fabric of Magmatic Rocks Chapter 8: Physical and Thermal Dynamics of Bodies of Mag...

Изд-во Elsevier, 2008 г., 895 с. This is a very detailed colour atlas for ore/opaque minerals (ore microscopy) with the main emphasis on name and synonyms, mineral group, chemical composition, information about major formation environment, optical data, reflection colour/shade comparison with 4 common/standard minerals of a similar colour or grey shade, up to 5 high-quality photos for each mineral with scale, and a short description of the pictur...

Статья из Geol. Mag. 122 (5), 1985, pp. 555- 568. Printed in Great Britain Abstract - During the postcumulus stage of solidification in layered intrusions, fluid dynamic phenomena play an important role in developing the textural and chemical characteristics of the cumulate rocks. One mechanism of adcumulus growth involves crystallization at the top of the cumulate pile where crystals are in direct contact with the magma reservoir. Convection in...