Introduction to mineral sciences/
Andrew Putnis.
- Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1992.
- xx, 457 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Periodicity and symmetry 2. Anisotropy and physical properties 3. Diffraction and imaging 4. Spectroscopic methods 5. The crystal structure of minerals - I 6. The crystal structure of minerals - II - silicates 7. Defects in minerals 8. Emergetics and mineral stability I - basic concepts 9. Emergetics and mineral stability II - solid solutions, exsolution and ordering 10. Kinetics of mineral processes 11. Transformation processes in minerals I: exsolution 12. Transformation processes in minerals II: structural phase transitions