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    Minerals are listed in the order in which they appear in deer, Howie and Zussman (1992) micas and other sheet silicates Biotite Muscovite Zinnwaldite Chlorite Clay Minerals Group Kaolinite Serpentine Feldspar Group Plagioclase Orthoclase Perthites Quartz Oxides Spinel Group.

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    Minerals are listed in the order in which they appear in deer, Howie and Zussman (1992) micas and other sheet silicates Biotite Muscovite Zinnwaldite Chlorite Clay Minerals Group Kaolinite Serpentine Feldspar Group Plagioclase Orthoclase Perthites Quartz Oxides Spinel Group.

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    A catalogue of minerals in thin section

    Ruth Siddall, Department of Earth Sciences, University College London

    Rock Forming Minerals


    Minerals are listed in the order in which they
    appear in Deer, Howie & Zussman (1992).

    Olivine Group

    Humite Group

    Chondrodite

    Zircon

    Sphene

    Garnet Group

    Topaz

    Staurolite
    Chloritoid

    Epidote Group

    Epidote (pistacite)

    Allanite

    Tourmaline

    Pyroxene Group

    Orthopyroxene

    Clinopyroxene

    Amphibole Group

    Hornblende

    Glaucophane

    Tremolite - Actinolite

    Pyriboles & Anthophyllite

     
    Micas & other sheet silicates

    Biotite

    Muscovite

    Zinnwaldite

    Chlorite

    Clay Minerals Group

    Kaolinite

    Serpentine

    Feldspar Group

    Plagioclase

    Orthoclase

    Perthites

    Quartz

    Feldspathoid Group

    Nepheline
    Leucite

    Sodalite

    Oxides

    Spinel Group

    Rutile

    Carbonates

    Calcite

    Phosphates

    Apatite

    Halides

    Fluorite

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