Further reading
This list of books, CD-ROMs and Internet pages allows the understanding of Mineralogy and Optical Microscopy fundamentals.
Books
Adams, A. E., MacKenzie, W. S. & Guilford, C. (1991): Atlas of sedimentary rocks under the microscope. Ed. Longman Scientific & Technical.
Blatt, H. & Tracy, R. (1996): Petrology: igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic. Ed. W. H. Frimman. N.Y.
Deer, W. A., Howie, R. A. & Zussman, J. (1981): Minerais constituintes das rochas – uma introdução. Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian.
Dorado, A. C. (1989): Petrografia básica – texturas, clasificación y nomenclatura de rocas. Ed. Paraninfo, Madrid.
MacKenzie W.S. & Adams A.E. (1997): Atlas en color de rocas y minerales em lámina delgada. Masson, Barcelona.
MacKenzie, W. S., Donaldson, C. H. & Guilford, C. (1991): Atlas of igneous rocks and their textures. Ed. Longman Scientific & Technical.
Nesse, W.D. (2000): Introduction to mineralogy. Oxford University Press.
Roubault, M. (1991): Determination des minéraux des roches au microscope polarisant. Ed. Lamarre-Poinat, Paris.
Shelley, D. (1995): Igneous and metamorphic rocks under the microscope: classification, textures, microstructures and mineral preferred orientations. Ed. Shapman Hall.
Yardley, B. W. D., MacKenzie, W. S. & Guilford, C. (1990): Atlas of metamorphic rocks and their textures. Ed. Longman Scientific & Technical.
CD-ROMs
M. Dyar, R. Busch, C. Wiswall (1997): The study of minerals.Tasa Graphics Arts
