Geol.735 ORE MICROSCOPY AND PETROGRAPHY (3 C.H)
Optical properties of ore minerals, examination of hardness, structure and morphological properties of ore minerals, reflected light optics, ore mineral textures, using ore textures as petrogenetic tools, recognition of crystallization sequence, processes of decompositions, exsolutions, replacement and metamorphic overprinting.
Books Recommended:- Ore microscopy by Cameron, E.N., 1966. Hohn Willey and Sons, Inc. New York.
- Ore microscopy and ore petrography by Craig, J.R. and Vaughan, D.J., 1994. John Wiley and Sons Inc. New York.
- Introduction to practical ore microscopy by Ineson, P.R., 1989. Longman Earth Science Series.