Ulmer-Scholle D.S., Scholle P.A. et al. A Color Guide to the Petrography of Sandstones, Siltstones, Shales and Associated Rocks

Memoir 109. — Tulsa: American Association of Petroleum Geologists, 2014. — 526 p. — ISBN: 978-0-89181-389-7.This book covers the microscopic study of sandstones, mudstones and associated lithologies but excludes carbonate rocks which were covered in AAPG Memoir 77 (Scholle and Ulmer-Scholle, 2003). Sandstone petrography, and sedimentary petrography in general, is considered by many to be a science in decline. As a consequence, it is being taught at fewer universities, or at least commonly is subsumed into broader petrology or sedimentology classes, where it receives less time and less focus.Introduction
Foldout Michel-Lévy birefringence color chart
Grains
Quartz and silica
Monocrystalline
Polycrystalline
Feldspars
Plagioclase
Potassium feldspars
Rock fragments
Sedimentary rock fragments
Metamorphic rock fragments
Igneous rock fragments
Accessory minerals
Light minerals
Muscovite
Biotite
Chlorite
Ultrastable heavy minerals
Zircon, tourmaline and rutile
Intermediate-stability heavy minerals
Apatite
Epidote
Zoisite and clinozoisite
Garnet
Kyanite
Monzonite, sillimanite and staurolite
Titanite
Unstable heavy minerals
Amphibole, pyroxene and olivine
Opaque minerals
Associated detrital grains and rocks
Carbonate grains
Siliceous grains and rocks
Phosphatic grains and rocks
Organic grains and rocks
Evaporite grains and rocks
Green marine clays and rocks
Green marine clays and ironstones
Iron-rich grains and iron formations
Tuffaceous deposits
Texture and Classification
Sand and sandstone textures
Sandstone classification
Mudrocks
Siltstones, mudstones, claystones and shales
Diagenesis
Synsedimentary and surficial diagenetic features
Compaction
Cementation – Introduction / Quartz and silica
Quartz overgrowths
Polycrystalline quartz cements
Amorphous silica cements
Cementation – Feldspars
Cementation – Clays
Chamosite
Glauconite
Kaolinite/dickite
Smectite and illite/smectite
Illite/sericite
Chlorite
Cementation – Zeolites
Cementation – Carbonates
Calcite
Siderite
Dolomite
Ankerite
Cementation – Sulfates and halides
Gypsum
Anhydrite
Barite
Celestite and halite
Cementation – Iron oxides and sulfides
Cementation – Other cements
Dissolution
Replacement and recrystallization
Feldspars
Carbonates
Sulfates
Other
Deformation features
Other topics
Porosity
Paragenesis
Emerging techniques

Index