- Gribble, C.D., et al.: Optical mineralogy principles and practice, London, 1992
- · Picher, H., et al.: Rock-forming minerals in thin section, London, 1997
- · Douglas, W.L., et al.: Analytical Sedimentology, Chapman & Hall, New York, 1994
- · William Revell, P. and Dana, T. G., Optical mineralogy: The non-opaque minerals, W. H. Freeman, San Francisco. 1981.
- Stones & quaries in ancient Egypt