MineralsBritannica Educational Publishing, 1 de mai. de 2011 - 360 páginas Anyone who has marveled at the glimmer of a perfectly cut diamond, tended a garden, or consumed a nutritious meal has appreciated some of the many roles that minerals play in our lives. Present in many natural substances, minerals are highly structured entities, each with a unique chemical composition and set of properties. Accompanied by detailed tables, diagrams, and sidebars, this informative volume examines the various types of minerals and their structures and classifications, as well as the physical and chemical attributes that separate one mineral from another. |
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MINERAL CLASSIFICATION AND ASSOCIATIONS | 35 |
MINERAL DEPOSITS | 77 |
THE SILICATES | 111 |
MICAS AND CLAY MINERALS | 187 |
SILICA MINERALS | 228 |
CARBONATES AND OTHER MINERALS | 247 |
GLOSSARY | 323 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 326 |
| 331 | |
BACK COVER | 339 |
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acid alkali aluminum amphiboles anions aragonite arsenic bond borates brown calcite calcium carbonate cations chemical composition clay minerals COLOUR LUSTRE MOHS colourless common conchoidal contain copper crystal structure CRYSTAL TURE defined dolomite dolostones Earth’s crust edition by Rosen elements end—member epsilon eral example feldspars feldspathoid fibrous field fine first FRAC fracture gamma garnet grains granular gray green hexagonal hydrothermal solutions hydroxyl igneous rocks illite ionic ions iron isometric kaolinite layers limestones magma magnesium magnetite manganese massive metallic metamorphic rocks mica mineral deposit monoclinic muscovite NAME COLOUR LUSTRE NAME HABIT occur octahedral sheets olivine omega ortho orthorhombic oxides oxygen atoms palygorskite percent perfect alpha plagioclase polymorphs potassium prismatic properties pyroxene quartz reflects REFRAC rhombic Rosen Educational Services sedimentary rocks sediments silicate minerals silicon SiO4 smectite sodium specific gravity stishovite substitution sulfate sulfosalts sulfur surface symmetry tabular temperatures tetrahedral tetrahedrons triclinic TURE OR TIVE twinning vitreous