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Das definitive Referenzwerk zur Mineralogie - mit Angaben zu allen über 3000 bekannten Mineralien und einer Vielzahl weltweiter Fundstellen! Speziell entworfene Strukturdiagramme beschreiben alle wichtigen Gruppen von Mineralien. Der Klassifikation strukturhomologer Spezies und Identifikation polymorpher Formen wird breiter Raum gewidmet. Mit einer umfassenden, zuverlässigen Datensammlung: Zellkonstanten, physikalische Eigenschaften, optische Kenndaten.
List of contents
Native Elements and Alloys.
Sulfides and Related Compounds.
Oxides.
Halogenides.
Carbonates.
Nitrates.
Iodates.
Borates.
Sulfates.
Selenates and Tellurates; Selenites and Tullurites.
Chromates.
Phosphates, Aresenates, and Vanadates.
Animonates, Antimonites, and Arsenites.
Vanadium Oxysalts.
Molybdates and Tungstates.
Organic Compounds.
Nesosilicates: Insular SiO_4.
Sorosilicates: Isolated Tetrahedral Noncyclic, N 1.
Cyclosilicates.
Inosilicates Two-Dimensionally Infinite Silicate Units.
Phyllocilicates.
Tektosilicates.
Appendix.
Indexes.
About the author
Richard V. Gaines is a mineralogist and economic geologist. A former engineer of mines at Colorado School of Mines, he received his doctorate from Harvard University.
H. C. W. Skinner is a research scientist in the department of geology and geophysics and at the medical school, Yale University.
Eugene E. Foord, recently retired from the United States Geological Survey, Denver, is a specialist in descriptive mineralogy who has described numerous new mineral species.
