Manual of Mineral Science

ISBN-13: 9780471721574 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 704 str.

Cornelis Klein; Barbara Dutrow

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The classic in the field since 1848, this extraordinary reference offers readers unsurpassed coverage of mineralogy and crystallography. The book is known for integrating complete coverage of concepts and principles with a more systematic and descriptive treatment of mineralogy. The revised edition now includes a CD-ROM to let readers see the minerals and crystals, while also viewing chemical composition, symmetry, and morphological crystallography.

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1. INTRODUCTION
2. PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF MINERALS
3. ELEMENTS OF CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY
4. ASPECTS OF CRYSTAL STRUCTURES
5. CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF MINERALS
6. CRYSTALLOGRAPHY: EXTERNAL SYMMETRY OF MINERALS
7. INTERNAL ORDER AND SYMMETRY IN MINERALS
8. CRYSTAL PROJECTIONS
9. SELECTED POINT GROUPS AND FURTHER ASPECTS OF SPACE GROUPS
10. CRYSTAL GROWTH AND DEFECTS;
TWINNING, COLOR, AND MAGNETISM
11. MINERAL STABILITY AND PHASE DIAGRAMS
12. POST–CRYSTALLIZATION PROCESSES IN MINERALS
13. OPTICAL MICROSCOPY
14. ANALYTICAL AND IMAGING METHODS IN MINERAL SCIENCE
15. CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY AND SYSTEMATIC DESCRIPTIONS OF NATIVE ELEMENTS, SULFIDES, AND SULFOSALTS
16. CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY AND SYSTEMATIC DESCRIPTIONS OF OXIDES, HYDROXIDES, AND HALIDES
17. CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY AND SYSTEMATIC DESCRIPTIONS OF CARBONATES, NITRATES, BORATES, SULFATES, CHROMATES, TUNGSTATES, MOLYBDATES, PHOSPHATES, ARSENATES AND VANADATES
18. CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY OF ROCK–FORMING SILICATES
19. SYSTEMATIC DESCRIPTIONS OF ROCK–FORMING SILICATES
20. GEM MINERALS
21. MINERAL ASSEMBLAGES: INTRODUCTION TO ROCK TYPES
22. DETERMINATIVE TABLES

APPENDIX 1. Outstanding Contributions to the Mineral Sciences
APPENDIX 2. Development of Models for the Atom
APPENDIX 3. Developing Hermann–Mauguin Symbols for Symmetry Notation
APPENDIX 4. Distribution of forms in the 32 Point Groups, Arranged by Crystal System
APPENDIX 5. Space Groups as an Expression of Morphology and Structure

MINERAL INDEX
SUBJECT INDEX

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Dr. Cornelius Klein is the noted academic mineralogist who co–authored, and later took on the monumental task of updating, Dana′s original Manual of Mineralogy.

James D. Dana (1813 – 1895) graduated from Yale University in 1833. He joined a U.S. exploring expedition to the South Seas (1838 – 42), acting as a geologist and zoologist. His contributions to the American Journal of Science stimulated U.S. geologic inquiry. His research into the formation of the Earth′s continents and oceans led him to believe in the progressive evolution of the Earth′s physical features over time. By the end of his life he also came to accept the evolution of living things, as articulated by Charles Darwin. During his lifetime, and largely under his leadership, U.S. geology grew from a collection and classification of unrelated facts into a mature science.