Highlights in Mineralogical Crystallography

"Highlights in Mineralogical Crystallography" presents a collection of review articles with the common topic: structural properties of minerals and synthetic analogues. It is a valuable resource for mineralogists, materials scientists, crystallographers, and earth scientists. This book includes:

• An introduction to the RRUFF database for structural, spectroscopic, and chemical mineral identification.
• A systematic evaluation of structural complexity of minerals.
• ab initio computer modelling of mineral surfaces.
• Natural quasicrystals of meteoritic origin.
• The potential role of terrestrial ringwoodite on the water content of the Earth's mantle.
• Structural characterization of nanocrystalline bio-related minerals by electron-diffraction tomography.
• The uniqueness of mayenite-type compounds as minerals and high-tech ceramics.

About the author

Prof. Thomas Armbruster, University of Bern, Switzerland; Dr. Rosa Micaela Danisi, University of Bern, Switzerland.

Product details

• Assisted by: Thoma Armbruster (Editor), Thomas Armbruster (Editor), Rosa Micaela Danisi (Editor), Micaela Danisi (Editor), Micaela Danisi (Editor)
• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2016
• EAN: 9783110417043
• ISBN: 978-3-11-041704-3
• No. of pages: 201
• Dimensions: 177 mm x 244 mm x 13 mm
• Weight: 496 g
• Illustrations: 27 b/w and 51 col. ill., 10 b/w tbl.
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geology; Geologie, Mineralogie und Edelsteine, Geologie und die Lithosphäre, Erde (Planet) / Geologie, Materialwissenschaft, Kristall - Kristallisation - Kristallografie, Mineral - Mineralogie, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / General, Kristallographie; Mineralogie; Spektralanalyse; Oberfläche; Quasikristall; Ringwoodit; Nanokristall