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This book is designed to take the reader on a tour of the various mineral groups, the unique characteristics that set one mineral apart from another, the features different groups of minerals share, and the roles minerals play in the rocks themselves. Each of the roughly 3,800 known mineral types has a unique chemical and physical structure.
1 lut 2012 · This student text starts by emphasizing the basic chemistry and physics involved in mineral structures. Some 60% of the book (Part I) deals with principles and concepts, introducing ...
Describe the characteristics that all minerals share. Identify the groups in which minerals are classified and their characteristics.
Rocks are naturally occurring aggregates of one or more minerals. In the case of porosity or fracturing, they also contain fluid phases. With respect to their geological genesis and processes, rocks are divided into three major groups: igneous rocks (magmatites); metamorphic rocks (metamorphites); sedimentary rocks (sediments).
Minerals: Their Constitution and Origin is an introduc-tion to mineralogy for undergraduate and graduate students in the fields of geology, materials science, and environmental science. It has been designed as a textbook for use on a semester course and covers all aspects of mineralogy in a thoroughly modern and integrated way.
This book offers an introduction to mineralogy, petrology, geochemistry and mineral resources and deals with the principles of mineralogy including crystallography, chemical bonding, physical properties, and the genesis of minerals illustrated by numerous figures and tables.
• Summarize the categories of minerals defined by anions or anionic groups. • Describe the types of configurations of silica tetrahedra found in silicate minerals. • Explain how minerals form.
