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Ore Textures. Volumes 1–5. R. G. TAYLOR. Economic Geology Research Unit, Geology Department, James Cook University of North Queensland. 1992, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003. Price AUD$44 each volume.

A series of slim (24–58 pages), A4-sized, stapled volumes on ore textures has been published in recent years—1992, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003. Volume 4 was recently reviewed in detail (Mason, 2001). The author adopts the useful instructional method of hand specimen and hand lens rock sample descriptions and interpretations that are keyed to large color photographs, which are mostly of sawn and polished rock slabs. The high quality of the photographs is the best feature of the series.

In Volume 1 (Infill), the material is well organized (1: Introduction; 2: Recognition criteria; 2.1: Incomplete infill; 2.2: Complete infill; 3: Problems and working techniques; 3.1: Common misconceptions; 3.2: Problem with the euhedral crystal criterion; 3.3: The edge problem; 3.4: The working-backwards technique; 4: Channelway recognition; 4.1: General approach; 4.2: Vein styles; 4.3: Breccia styles; 4.4: Other styles; 5: Acknowledgements). Textual material, accompanying the 23 plates (~1/4-page in size), is written simply and with clear interpretations. The author exercises admirable restraint in limiting himself to the observable physical nature of the rocks. No attempt is made to extend the interpretations to geochemical or other aspects of hydrothermal fluids responsible for the infilling minerals, which would have generated unwarranted further interpretation. Examples of infill in granitoid rocks ("miarolitic cavities," "igneous interstitial mineralisation," "dissolution within granite") are particularly welcome because they are uncommonly illustrated, particularly in such graphic detail. There is an emphasis on granitoid-related tin environments, many from within Australia, but some from South Africa, which reflects the author’s experience. Some other examples are taken from epithermal Au-Ag–base metals systems of the western United States and base metal deposits of Queensland. . . . [Full Text of this Article]