Mineralogy: Concepts, Descriptions, Determinations

Year: 1959
Publisher: W.H. Freeman and Company, San Francisco and London
Edition: 1st
Language: EN
Pages: 630
Condition: VG
Cover condition: G
Binding: HC
Series: A Series of Books in Geology
Ft: 24*16,5*3,3 cm. 1350 gr.

- This first edition was highly regarded at the time for modernizing the field's approach, organizing minerals based on crystal chemical principles rather than traditional descriptive methods alone. It includes descriptions of mineral groups, key concepts in crystallography and chemistry, and determination tables.
- Contents:
PART I:
CONCEPTS:
1 Introduction:
The subject of mineralogy. The history of mineralogy. The literature of mineralogy. The importance of minerals. Economic mineralogy.
2 Crystallography:
The formation of crystals. The development of crystallography. The regular arrangement of points in space. Symmetry in translation rows, nets, and lattices. Crystal projections. Crystallographic notation for planes and axes. Study and measurement of crystals. The crystal classes. Aggregates of crystals. Twinned crystals.
3 The Chemistry of Minerals:
Interpretation of analyses. Chemical composition and unit cell content. Components and phases. Principles of crystal chemistry. The bonding of atoms. The sizes of ions. Isomorphism. Atomic substitution and solid solution. Interstitial and defect solid solution. Polymorphism. Pseudomorphism. Noncrystalline minerals.
4 The Physics of Minerals:
Density. Optical properties. Cleavage and fracture. Hardness. Magnetic properties. Electrical properties. Surface properties. Radioactivity.
5 The Genesis of Minerals:
Chemical composition of the earth's crust. Geochemical classification of the elements. Mineralogical composition of the earth's crust. Mineral formation and the phase rule. The magmatic environment. The sedimentary environment. The metamorphic environment. Meteorites. Summary.
6 Determinative Mineralogy:
Crystal form. Crystalline aggregates. Cleavage and fracture. Tenacity. Hardness. Luster. Color. Streak. Density. Special tests. Chemical tests. Test for individual elements. Special techniques.
7 The Systematics of Mineralogy:
The species concept in mineralogy. Classification of mineral species. The naming of minerals.
PART II:
DESCRIPTIONS:
8 Class I-Native Elements
9 Class II-Sulphides
10 Class III-Oxides and Hydroxides
11 Class IV-Halides
12 Class V-Carbonates, Nitrates, Borates
13 Class VI-Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates, Tungstates
14 Class VII-Phosphates, Arsenates, Vanadates
15 Class VIII-Silicates
PART III:
DETERMINATIONS:
16 Determinative Tables
APPENDIX A X-ray Diffraction
APPENDIX B Atomic Weights and Ionic Radii
INDEX.
- Illustrated: drawings by Roger Hayward. Photos in b/w.