Reddit reviews An Introduction to the Rock-Forming Minerals (2nd Edition)
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Deer, Howie and Zusmann is the best single reference for chemical, structural and optical properties. (It will not tell you how to use a petrographic microscope nor why substitution occurs as some mineralogy texts do).
Deer, Howie and Zussman - the fathers of modern petrography! This is the petrography book, so if you want to learn this will help.
http://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Rock-Forming-Minerals-2nd-Edition/dp/0582300940/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1333687591&sr=8-1
Also, this is a great optical mineralogy book that is like 80 years old, but is still suuuuper relevant and awesome.
http://www.amazon.com/Optical-Mineralogy-Paul-Francis-Kerr/dp/0070342180/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1333687673&sr=1-2