The Spindle Stage: Principles and Practice

Preface 1. Operational and plotting techniques 2. Examination of uniaxial crystals 3. Examination of biaxial crystals 4. Index variation methods and extrapolation 5. Index measurements: accuracy, precision, and techniques 6. Computer determination of 2V and of X, Y, and Z and their dispersion 7. Combined optical and X-ray studies of crystals 8. calculating principal birefringences (and 2V) from retardation measurements 9. Epilogue and applications Appendixes Answers to questions and problems Notes References Index.