The 23rd edition of the manual of mineral science
The 23rd edition of the manual of mineral science: (after James D. Dana) Cornelis Klein, Barbara Dutrow,
Publisher: Hoboken, N.J. : J. Wiley, c2008.
ISBN: 0471721573
LCC: QE372.2
Notes:
Rev. ed. of: Manual of mineralogy. 21st ed., rev. c1999.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Physical properties of minerals -- Elements of
crystal chemistry -- Aspects of crystal structures -- Chemical
composition of minerals -- Crystallography: external symmetry of
minerals -- Internal order and symmetry in minerals -- Crystal
projections -- Selected point groups and further aspects of space
groups -- Crystal growth and defects; twinning, color, and magnetism
-- Mineral stability and phase diagrams -- Post-crystallization
processes in minerals -- Optical microscopy -- Analytical and imaging
methods in mineral science -- Crystal chemistry and systematic
descriptions of native elements, sulfides, and sulfosalts -- Crystal
chemistry and systematic descriptions of oxides, hydroxides, and
halides -- Crystal chemistry and systematic descriptions of
carbonates, nitrates, borates, sulfates, chromates, tungstates,
molybdates, phosphates, arsenates, and vanadates -- Crystal chemistry
of rock-forming silicates -- Systematic descriptions of rock-forming
silicates -- Gem minerals -- Mineral assemblages: introduction to
rock types -- Determinative tables -- Appendices: 1. Outstanding
contributions to the mineral sciences -- 2. Development of models for
the atom -- 3. Distribution of forms in 32 point groups, arranged by
crystal system -- 4. Space groups as an expression of morphology and
structure.
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