Book Review: A Pictorial Guide to Metamorphic Rocks in the Field

BOOK REVIEWS

An Introduction to the Rock-Forming Minerals (third edition)

The Geology of Thailand

Earth Materials

The Geoscience Handbook (AGI Data Sheets, 4 th Edition)

Optical Mineralogy

Rock-Forming Minerals. 5A . Non-Silicates: Oxides, Hydroxides, and Sulphides (2 nd edition)

Dictionnaire de géologie (7 e édition).: Par Alain Foucault et Jean-François Raoult. Dunod, Paris, 2010. iv + 388 pages, CDN $64.95 (ISBN 978–2–10–054778–4).

THE HAÜY COLLECTION

Rock-Forming Minerals. 3B. Layered Silicates Excluding Micas and Clay Minerals (2 nd edition).: By W.A. Deer, R.A. Howie and J. Zussman. The Geological Society, London, 2009. xiii + 314 pages. US$200 ($100 to members of GSL; $120 to members of other qualifying societies). Available from Geological Society Publishing House, Unit 7 Brassmill Enterprise Centre, Brassmill Lane, Bath BA1 3JN, U.K. (ISBN 978–1–86239–259–5).

Les minéraux des roches (Caractères optiques – Composition chimique – Gisement): par Michel Demange. Presse des Mines, 60, boulevard Saint-Michel, F–75272 Paris Cedex 06, France, 2009. 194 pages + CD. €49 (reliure souple). ISBN 978–2–35671–016–1.

The Cambridge Handbook of Earth Science Data.: By Paul Henderson and Gideon Henderson. Cambridge University Press, 32 Avenue of the Americas, New York, N.Y. 10013, USA. 2009, viii + 277 pages. US$30 (softcover). ISBN 978–0–521–69317–2.

Landmark Papers – Metamorphic Petrology.: Bernard W. Evans, editor. Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland, 12 Baylis Mews, Amyand Park Road, Twickenham TW1 3HQ, United Kingdom. 2007, viii + 332 pages. £32. ISBN 978–0–903056–24–3.

Ce que disent les minéraux.: Par Patrick Cordier et Hugues Leroux. Éditions Belin Pour la Science, 8, rue Férou, F–75278 Paris cedex 06, France. 2008, 159 pp. €23.50 (couverture souple). ISBN 978–2–7011–4729–1.

Principles of Metamorphic Petrology.: By R.H. Vernon and G.L. Clarke. Cambridge University Press, New York, N.Y., U.S.A., 2008. xiii + 446 pages. US$77.95 (hardcover). ISBN 978–0–521–87178–5.

Atlas of Migmatites.: By Edward W. Sawyer. The Canadian Mineralogist, Special Publication 9, 2008. xv + 386 pages. CDN$140.00 (in Canada); US$140.00 (outside Canada); CDN$112.00 (to members of MAC/AMC), hardbound, ISBN 978-0-660-19787-6.

Guide d’identification des minéraux.: Par L. Paul Bédard, Julie Larouche et Pierre Hudon, Broquet, 97-B Montée des Bouleaux, Saint-Constant (Québec) J5A 1A9, Canada, 2008. 207 pages, CDN $24.50, reliure flexible, ISBN 978–2–89000–939–4.

Canada Rocks (The Geologic Journey).: By Nick Eyles and Andrew Miall, Fitzhenry and Whiteside Limited, 195 Allstate Parkway, Markham, Ontario L3R 4T8, 2007. xvi + 512 pages, CDN $60, paperback, ISBN 1–55041–860–2.

Field Geology Illustrated: (2 nd edition). By Terry S. Maley. Mineral Land Publications, P.O. Box 1186, Boise, Idaho 83701, U.S.A. 2005, softbound, xiv + 704 pages. US $39. ISBN 0–940949–05–9.