A Color Atlas of Rocks and Minerals in Thin Section

The book I ordered is absolutely brilliant! It has all the necessary info that I need for the course I am doing at University.The only thing bothering me is that the condition the book was in when I received it. Amazon did not package it properly, and the book got wet and sustained some serious damage. I live in South Africa and it would be a waste of my time to open a dispute with Amazon. I also realise that the risk lies with me, but still I believe that Amazon could have gone through a little more trouble to package my book properly.

Has just enough textures and minerals to work. Great color photos. Could have included more minerals, but it's great for a small book.

A MUST for anybody enrolled in a petrology course. I could not have survived in my petrology lab without this book!

If you have an interest in geology, mineralogy, or are required to take mineralogy and petrology, this is like a mineral bible that will make the class much easier.

Nice example photos and has been very handy to have in petrology lab. It's a good reference book for any geology or geophysics major.

Great quality

i'm a second year geology student and this book was an excellent companion during mineralogy and petrology labs

I believe this book is ideal for a second year University student to learn to identify rocks and common forming minerals under the microscope.Regardless of earlier critics, this book is only intended as a help to identify common minerals and nothing else. I personally found it very useful, the colour images are worth more than a thousand printed words.

Very good book . It will help me with my first year geology course at Birkbeck.