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Feldspars defined and described: a pair of posters published by the Mineralogical Society. Sources and supporting information

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2018

I. Parsons
I. Parsons*
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Grant Institute of Earth Science, University of Edinburgh, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JW, UK
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*E-mail: ian.parsons@ed.ac.uk
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Abstract

The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain & Ireland has published two full-colour posters describing the feldspar minerals, designed primarily for student use. They may be downloaded free of charge by all from http://www.minersoc.org/pages/education/edu.html and are designed to be printed at A3 size, although they are legible at A4 and in greyscale. Sheet 1 deals with nomenclature, crystal structure and phase relationships, while Sheet 2 covers phase behaviour. For brevity no sources are given on the posters, and these are provided in the present article, together with supporting notes and suggested reading on the more complex topics.

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Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 74 , Issue 3 , June 2010 , pp. 529 - 551
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Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 2010

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