Elsevier's Mineral and Rock Table

Elsevier's Mineral and Rock Table will save you the trouble of consulting numerous different references for the most important rock-forming and ore minerals.

The chart is arranged in a logical, easy-to-follow format.

Minerals with common optical characteristics are listed within one column.

The at a glance chart format will provide you with:

- 74 rock-forming minerals,

- 53 ore minerals,

- comprehensive diagrams featuring all important rock classifications,

- full indexing and

- Michel-Lévy Chart.

The full colour, high quality photographs are accompanied by a description of the most important optical and physical characteristics of each mineral.

To aid in identification, the specimens have, where appropriate, been photographed in plane- and crossed-polarised light.