Manual of Mineral Science offers readers unsurpassed coverage of mineralogy and crystallography.

Features:

• Covers principles with a more systematic and descriptive treatment of mineralogy
• Includes a CD-ROM to let readers see the minerals and crystals, while also viewing chemical composition, symmetry, and morphological crystallography

Contents

1. Physical Properties of Minerals
2. Elements of Crystal Chemistry
3. Aspects of Crystal Structures
4. Chemical Composition of Minerals
5. Crystallography: External Symmetry of Minerals
6. Internal Order and Symmetry in Minerals
7. Crystal Projections
8. Selected Point Groups and Further Aspects of Space Groups
9. Crtstal Growth and Defects
10. Mineral Stability and Phase Diagrams
11. Post Crystallization Processes in Minerals
12. Optical Microscopy
13. Analytical and Imaging Methods in Mineral Science
14. Crystal Chemistry and Systematic Descriptions of Native Elements, Sulfides and Sulfosalts
15. Crystal Chemistry and Systematic Descriptions of Oxides, Hydroxides and Halides
16. Crystal Chemistry and Systematic Descriptions of Carbonates, Nitrates, Borates, Sulfates, Chromates, Tungstates, Molybdates, Phosphates, Arsenates, and Vandates
17. Crystal Chemistry of Rock-Forming Silicates
18. Systematic Descriptions of Rock-Forming Silicates
19. Gem Minerals
20. Mineral Assemblages
21. Determinative Tables

Index

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