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Mandatory

For theory:

John Winter  "An introduction to igneous and metamorphic petrology", Prentice-Hall, Upper Saddle River, 2001

or

John Winter  "Principles of igneous and metamorphic petrology", Prentice-Hall, Upper Saddle River, 2010

 

For Labs:

Perkins, Dexter, and Henke, Kevin, "Minerals in thin section", Prentice-Hall, Upper Saddle River, 2000

 

Not mandatory, but may also be helpful for Labs:

 

Nesse, William, "Introduction to optical mineralogy", Oxford University Press, New York, 1991.

Mackenzie, W.S., Donaldson, C.H., Guilford, C. "Atlas of igneous rocks and their textures", Longman, 1982.

 


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