
Rock Forming Minerals, Volume 5B: Non-Silicates
Product code: RFM5B
Print publication date: 01/01/1996
Earth Materials Deposits and Petrology, Sedimentology, GSL Rock-Forming Minerals, Geological Society of London
Type: Book (Hardback)
Binding: Hardback
ISBN: 9781897799901
Author/Edited by: By W.A. Deer, R.A. Howie, J. Zussman and L.L.Y. Chang
Weight: 0.85kg
Number of pages: 391
£95.00
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Product Code: RFM5B
By W.A. Deer, R.A. Howie, J. Zussman and L.L.Y. Chang
The quality and scope of research on minerals has grown enormously since this book was first published, giving rise to a wide variety of literature. This volume, which has been completely rewritten and considerably expanded, incorporates the many advances in knowledge arising from new and improved techniques for investigating minerals. The authors have maintained the general principles for the first edition, summarizing important research results and presenting them in an organized fashion. Since the publication of the first edition, crystal structures have become far better known, and the use of electron-probe microanalysis has led to a greater appreciation of the chemical variations in many of the minerals. Studies of fluid inclusions and of stable isotope ratios have given new data on temperatures of crystallization and genetic sequences. In the paragenesis sections of this new edition, results of ocean floor exploration and deep sea drilling are also taken into account.
Volume 5 is split into two parts. This volume, 5B, deals with:
Sulphates: Baryte, celestine, gypsum, anhydrite.
Carbonates: Calcite, magnesite, rhodochrosite, side rite, smithsonite, aragonite, strontianite, witherite, cerussite, dolomite, ankerite, huntite, nyerereite, malachite and azurite.
Phosphates: Apatite, monazite.
Halides: Fluorite, halite.
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Abbreviations and Symbols
Preface to First Edition
Preface to Second Edition
Acknowledgements
Suiphates (J.Z)
Baryte
Celestine
Gypsum
Anhydrite
Carbonates (L.L.Y.C.)
Introduction
Calcite
Magnesite
Rhodochrosite
Siderite
Smithsonite
Dolomite
Ankerite
Aragonite
Strontianite
Witherite
Cerrusite
Huntite
Nyerereite
Malachite
azurite
Phosphates (R.A.H.)
Apatite
Monazite
Halides (R.A.H.)
Fluorite
Halite
Index