Mineral science : the 22nd edition of the manual of (after James D. Dana)

Author(s)

• Klein, Cornelis
• Dana, James Dwight
• Hurlbut, Cornelius Searle

Bibliographic Information

Mineral science : the 22nd edition of the manual of (after James D. Dana)

Cornelis Klein ; with continued contribution of Cornelius S. Hurlbut, Jr

J. Wiley, [2001], c2002

22nd ed

Other Title

The 22nd edition of the manual of mineral science

The manual of mineral science

Note

Includes bibliographies and indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Contains well praised Mineralogy Tutorials 2.0 CD--ROM. Icons appear in the book where the CD--ROM is appropriate for exploration. All references have been completely updated.

Table of Contents

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Physical Properties of Minerals in Hand Specimen
• 3. Elements of Crystal Chemistry
• 4. Mineral Reactions Stability and Behavior
• 5. Overview of Crystallographic Concepts
• 6. Selected Point Groups and Space Groups
• 7. Analytical Methods in Mineral Science
• 8. Crystal Chemistry and Systematic Descriptions of Native Elements, Sulfides, and Sulfosalts
• 9. Crystal Chemistry and Systematic Descriptions of Oxides, Hydroxides, and Halides
• 10. Crystal Chemistry and Systematic Description of Carbonates, Nitrates , Borates, Sulfates, Chromates, Tungstates, Molybdates, Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates
• 11. Crystal Chemistry of Rock-Forming Silicates
• 12. Systematic Descriptions of Rock-Forming Silicates
• 13. Gem Minerals
• 14. Determinative Tables
• Mineral Index
• Subject Index

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Details

• NCID: BA53472453
• ISBN:
  • 0471251771
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: xii, 641 p., [12] p. of plates
• Size: 29 cm.
• Attached Material: 1 CD-ROM (12 cm)
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Mineralogy