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.
This PDF covers the following
topics related to Optical Mineralogy : Light, Polarizing light microscope and
geological samples, Refractive index and its measurement, Optical classes -
indicatrix theory, Relationship of optical properties to crystal chemistry,
Advanced methods in optical mineralogy.
Author(s): Mickey E. Gunter, Department of Geology and Geological
Engineering, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho
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.
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.
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.
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.