UID:
almahu_9949198749702882
Format:
XIX, 630 p.
,
online resource.
Edition:
1st ed. 1974.
ISBN:
9783642961731
Content:
During the past two centuries, crystallography, mineralogy and petrology have evolved from simple compilations of data to powerful disciplines based on interlocking networks of laws, hypotheses and rules-of-thumb. While many data still consist of isolated facts which defy synthesis, a gratifying portion can be organized according to physical and chemical principles. Unfortunately the separation of physical sciences into sub-divisions, especially at the teaching level, makes it difficult to integrate the different approaches to minerals. This separation is worsened by the increasing technical demands of chemical and physical theories, by the number and complexity of experimental methods, by the sheer mass of facts in an observational discipline such as mineralogy or petrology, and by the explosion of papers. This book concentrates on those aspects of the genesis and properties of feldspar minerals which can be related to physical and chemical principles. My main aim is frankly pedagogic: I wish to show how chemical and physical principles can be combined with geologic observation to produce an enhanced level of understanding of the genesis of minerals. The feldspars which demonstrate almost all of the general principles provide the most suitable example.
Note:
Summary -- 1 Crystal Structures -- 1 Brief Review of Concepts and Experimental Techniques -- 2 Crystal Structure of Feldspar. Principal Features. Related Structures -- 3 Order-disorder -- 4 Detailed Geometry and Atomic Coordination -- 5 Complex Crystal Structures -- 2 Physical Properties and Experimental Techniques -- 6 X-ray Diffraction Techniques -- 7 Cell Dimensions and Macroscopic Thermal Expansion -- 8 Light Optics -- 9 Nomenclature and General Properties of Feldspars -- 10 Electron-optical Techniques -- 11 Infra-red Absorption; Nuclear Magnetic Resonance; Electron Spin Resonance; Mössbauer Resonance -- 12 Miscellaneous Physical Properties -- Name Index -- Locality Index -- Index of Rock Types -- Location of Figures -- List of Tables.
In:
Springer Nature eBook
Additional Edition:
Printed edition: ISBN 9783642961755
Additional Edition:
Printed edition: ISBN 9783642961748
Additional Edition:
Printed edition: ISBN 9783540064909
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1007/978-3-642-96173-1
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-96173-1
