Petrography; An Introduction to the Study of Rocks in Thin Sections
Howel Williams, Francis Turner, Charles Gilbert
ISBN 10: 0716702061 ISBN 13: 9780716702061
Published by W. H. Freeman and Company, San Francisco, CA, 1954
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W. H. Freeman and Company, San Francisco, CA. 1954. Hardcover. 12th Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Good+; bumped tips; dulling of the shadowbox spine label; foxing to textblock edges. No DJ as issued. Tan cloth boards and spine with gilt lettering on the spine and front board in black shadowboxes. Small crystal cross-section on the front board. 406 pp 8vo. This book is concerned more with the description of rocks than with problems of genesis, more with petrography than with the broader field of petrology. Space is devoted to the mode of origin of igneous and metamorphic rocks, and even more is given to discussion of how sedimentary rocks are formed. The pigeon-holing of rock types is avoided as it gives false ideas of exactitude as most rocks are gradational in nature and this the study in detail through thin sections is most helpful in determining rock types. A clean presentable copy. Seller Inventory # 005965
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Title: Petrography; An Introduction to the Study of...
Publisher: W. H. Freeman and Company, San Francisco, CA
Publication Date: 1954
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Edition: 1st Edition
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Petrography - Introduction to the Study of Rocks in Thin Sections
Published by
W.H. Freeman and Company, San Francisco, 1954
ISBN 10: 0716702061
ISBN 13: 9780716702061
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Seller: Don's Book Store, Albuquerque, NM, U.S.A.
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Hard Back. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. 406 Pages Indexed. Tan boards with black on gold lettering on the spine and front. Small round decoration also on front. Tight square book with no defects noted and flawless interior text pages. This book is concerned more with the description of rocks than with problems of genesis, more with petrography than with the broader field of petrology. Considerable space is devoted, nevertheless, to the mode of origin of igneous and metamorphic rocks, and even more is given to discussion of how sedimentary rocks are formed. It is assumed that the reader has already learned how to identify rocks by means of the hand lens, and is already acquainted with the principles of optical mineralogy. If he has this background, the present subject matter may be covered adequately by a year's course of six hours' laboratory work a week; indeed, by proper selection of rock types, the student may obtain a satisfactory basis of thin-section petrography within a semester. Seller Inventory # 16957