Hardcover, 629 pages. Near Fine condition/no dust jacket. Second edition. Size 9.5"x6.5". "Crystal structures are described and illustrated, followed by discussion of structural information gained from spectroscopic as well as X-ray and electron-optic methods. Chemical sections include many analyses and structural formulae, phase relations, igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary geochemistry, alteration and weathering. Examples are given of a range of mineral parageneses. Correlation between the various aspects of mineralogy are emphasized in order to provide a scientific understanding of minerals as well as their description and identification." Book has very light handling/shelfwear, else Fine condition, clean and unmarked.

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Rock-Forming Minerals, Volume 1B: Disilicates and Ring Silicates. Second Edition.

Publisher

Longman Scientific & Technical, U.K.

Publication Date

1986

Language

English

ISBN 10

0582465214

ISBN 13

9780582465213

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

2nd Edition

Condition

Near Fine

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(Each chapter is headed by a brief tabulation of mineral data and ends with full references. Crystal structures are described and illustrated, followed by discussion of structural information gained from spectroscopic as well as X-ray and electron-optic methods. Chemical sections include many analyses and structural formulae, phase relations, igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary geochemistry, alteration and weathering. Examples are given of a range of mineral parageneses. Correlation between the various aspects of mineralogy are emphasized in order to provide a scientific understanding of minerals as well as their description and identification)

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