This note covers the following topics: Mineral Properties, Mineral Composition Variability, Unary Phase Diagrams, Piezoelectricity, Binary Phase Diagrams, Pyroelectricity, Internal Order and Symmetry, Properties of Light, Atoms and Quantum Numbers, Crystal Systems, Optical Properties of Minerals, Periodic Table, Crystal Growth, Optical Indicatrix, Bonding in Minerals, Twinning, X-ray Crystallography, Coordination Principle, Color in Minerals, Radius Determination Magnetism, Pauling's Rules.
Author(s): Florida Atlantic University
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This note explains the following topics: Crystallography and Mineral Chemistry Calculations, Atomic Structures and Ionic Substitution, Mineral Classification and Related Concepts, Physical Properties, Non Silicates.
Author(s): Erwin J. Mantei
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The overarching goals of this note is to develop an understanding of the physical and chemical properties that make specific minerals similar and unique, identify minerals optically, learn the fundamental techniques of mineral analysis, and understand the relationship between minerals and broader geological processes.
Author(s): Chris Koteas
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This note covers the following topics: Introduction to Light, Polarized Light, Refractive Index , Cross Polarized Light and Interference, Essential Principles of Chemistry, Ionic Coordination and Silicate Structure, Symmetry, Mineral Chemistry, Analytical Methods in Mineralogy, Photoshop Primer, Minerals and Igneous Rocks, Sedimentary Rocks, Metamorphic Rocks, Hydrothermal Systems, Minerals and Health.
Author(s): Wayne Powell
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This book is all about minerals. This fascinating scarce text comprises a wonderfully detailed handbook on the subject of mineralogy. Considered by many to be the ultimate encyclopaedia of mineralogy, this text is very comprehensive and detailed, and has provided the basis for a plethora of other mineralogy and crystallography books.
Author(s): Edward Salisbury Dana
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This lecture note covers the following topics: Origin of Elements and Composition-Structure of the Earth, Physical Properties of Minerals, Chemical Properties of Minerals, Chemistry and Structure of Minerals, Optical Properties of Minerals, Isotropic and Uniaxial Minerals, Biaxial Minerals and Descriptive Mineralogy.
Author(s): Middle East Technical University
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The principal objective of this note is to enable you to identify and interpret the most common rockforming and economic minerals in hand sample. Major topics covered includes: Symmetry, Crystal Morphology, Stereographic Projections, Twins, and X-ray, Crystal Chemistry, Coordination Polyhedra, Pauling's Rules and Defects, Silicate Structures, Optical Mineralogy.
Author(s): Whitman College
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This note describes the following topics: Crystallography, Optical Mineralogy, X-ray Diffraction, Crystal Chemistry, Sillicate Minerals, Silica Polymorphs, Feldspars, Micas, Calculating Mineral Formulas, Composition Axes, Triangular Graph Paper.
Author(s): Smith College Northampton, Massachusetts
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This note explains the properties of light and its interaction with mineral grains. Also describes transmitted light petrography in the identification and familiarization with major rock forming minerals in grain mounts and thin section.
Author(s): Brock University
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