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Sign in to savePetrography is a branch of petrology that focuses on detailed descriptions of rocks. Someone who studies petrography is called a petrographer. The mineral content and the textural relationships within the rock are described in detail. The classification of rocks is based on the information acquired during the petrographic analysis. Petrographic descriptions start with the field notes at the outcrop and include macroscopic description of hand-sized specimens. The most important petrographer's tool is the petrographic microscope. The detailed analysis of minerals by optical mineralogy in thin se
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A petrografia é um ramo da petrologia cujo objeto é a descrição das rochas e a análise das suas características estruturais, mineralógicas e químicas. Distingue-se da petrologia, disciplina que se interessa pelos mecanismos físicos, químicos e biológicos que formam e transformam as rochas. Aquele que estuda a petrografia é conhecido como petrógrafo.
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