Crystal Structures and Cation Sites in the Rock-Forming Minerals - Hardcover

J.R. Smyth, D.L. Bish

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0044450044 ISBN 13: 9780044450047

Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1987

Synopsis

Intended to become the standard reference work on rock-forming mineral structures, this book is the end-product of a five-year project. The authors have recalculated, compiled and presented mineral structure and cation site data in a form that will be useful to a broad range of geophysical scientists seeking a deeper understanding of physical properties and element distributions in natural systems. Cation radius relative to site size, and cation charge relative to site electrostatic potential, are the two dominant factors that control distributions of major, minor, and trace lithophile elements among mineral phases and sites within minerals. Cation radii and charges have been available for some time, but not until now has there been a systematic compilation of structural data, particularly mean cation-anion distances and electrostatic energies. This volume covers the principal rock-forming silicates, oxides, hydroxides, carbonates, sulphates, phosphates, and halides. For each structure

About this edition

• Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers
• Publication date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0044450044
• ISBN 13: 9780044450047
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320