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Unbeliavable Pictures!
As understood from it's name, Illustrated Guide to Rocks and Minerals, is not a reference book that can be used for identifying rocks and minerals but can be used to make people get exited about minerals and mineral collecting. The pictures that Michael O'Donoghue used in this large book were selected very carefully to show the world of minerals as an attracting piece of natural art. (Beyond all these perfect pictures, there is a little information that you can find in any other book) ... Read more

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Introduction to Mineralogy is a modern, introductory mineralogy book that provides detailed descriptions of over 100 minerals. It discusses classical crystallography, chemical bonding, controls on mineral structure, mineral stability, and crystal growth, providing readers with a solid foundation to help them better understand the nature and occurrence of minerals. ... Read more

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Here is a beautifully produced and illustrated reference volume that shows and explains everything from dinosaur bones to mineral formations, including precious and semiprecious stones. Amateur geologists and other nature lovers can use this book as a field guide. It also makes a fine classroom supplement for middle school and high school students. An introductory section uses cross-section diagrams and photos to show the Earth's composition and the effects of weathering and erosion on rock and mineral formations. The book also instructs students and nature lovers on locating specimens for their collections, then on methodically cataloguing them and exhibiting them in a presentation case or cabinet. Readers are instructed on the properties of crystals as well as on the formation and fashioning of metals, including gold, silver, and copper. They will also find information on the origins and composition of igneous and sedimentary rock, plus tips on how and where to find animal and shell fossils embedded in rock. The Essential Atlas of Fossils and Minerals is a fine teaching supplement and a book that deserves a place at home and in school libraries. ... Read more

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Illustrates, in full color, the appearance of common rock-forming minerals as seen in thin section under the polarizing microscope. Designed as a laboratory manual for use with a standard mineralogy text. Contains over 200 photomicrographs, short chemical descriptions, and summaries of the optical properties of the various minerals. Photographs carefully chosen to depict features by which minerals may be recognized most easily. ... Read more

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great book
I am Earth Sciences student too. This book is really great for petrology. As I am 1st year student and don't know mineral well so this book give me a guide to classify those minerals.

Superb color photographs
I have taken a course in Optical Mineralogy and Petrography, and although the text used was Nesse, I believe that this Atlas was adjunct to the course. Although I do not have a petrographic microscope, I recently saw this title in a used book shop near a college town, and could not resist buying it (for about $6 I think). What a bargain. However, such an occurrence is rare indeed.

Clear, informative and reader friendly. Good book !
Hi, I'm a Chinese and living in Hong Kong. I studied in Earth Sciences for the second year. To me, this book safe me from the lost world in petrology. The colourful, sharp photos in the book illustrated what you'll see under microscope and greatly raise my interest. And, clear notes about the minerals or rocks you looking at have been given. They can give reader both visual and wordful memories. Some other books of this author are also good. They kept the good quality in expressing the information. This book especially good for starter in petrology. ... Read more

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Techniques of performing applied mineralogy investigations, and applications and capabilities of recently developed instruments for measuring mineral properties are explored in this book intended for practicing applied mineralogists, students in mineralogy and metallurgy, and mineral processing engineers. The benefits of applied mineralogy are presented by using in-depth applied mineralogy studies on base metal ores, gold ores, porphyry copper ores, iron ores and industrial minerals as examples.The chapter on base metal ores includes a discussion on the effects of liberation, particle sizes and surfaces coatings of Pb, Cu, Fe, Ca and So4- on the recoveries of sphalerite, galena and chalcopyrite.The chapter on gold discusses various methods of determining the quantities of gold in different minerals, including 'invisible' gold in pyrite and arsenopyrite, so that a balance of the distribution of gold among the mineral ... Read more

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The Magic of Minerals and Rock, featuring 135 splendid color photographs, ranges from vast rock-landscapes recorded in Europe, America, Australia, and Iceland right down to finely detailed images of a few square millimeters. Close-ups of crystals, gems, and fossils are alternated with micro-images of the minute textures and patterns that emerge from thin, translucent sections of rocks and minerals. Literally, as well as figuratively Dirk Wiersma, the photographer, ´zooms in` on the subject matter, leading the reader deeper into various spaces of surprising new forms and perspectives, at times abstract, at other times (pseudo)realistic. Often, striking similarities are revealed between subjects that are ostensibly of entirely different natures and dimensions. The short, accompanying texts are written in a style that is accessible and appealing to a general audience, while also providing the necessary factual information.

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A detailed account of the application of modern physical and chemical techniques to the elucidation of the structures and properties of minerals at the atomic level. Strong emphasis is given to the application of computer modelling methods, spectroscopic techniques and both X-ray and neutron scattering methods. Detailed surveys are presented of the contemporary understanding of the equations of state for Mantle minerals; and special attention is paid to the properties of dissolved water in silicate minerals. ... Read more

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This book presents the third volume of a complete development of the new structural classification of minerals, which is based on the internal crystal structure, and is therefore its natural classification. Because of the large domain of the mineral kingdom, this work is divided in three volumes, in which the minerals are ordered from the structurally simple to the more complex.Audience: This work will be of particular interest to teachers and research workers of in mineralogy, and in inorganic crystal structures in academia. ... Read more

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This book bridges the gap between the basics of mineralogy and the applications of mineral-based materials.Over forty minerals and mineral groups are correlated among basic mineralogical properties, geological occurrence, distribution of deposits, industrial processes, and uses so that each industrial mineral is fully defined.For professionals in mineral industries as a valuable reference for research and development. ... Read more

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From blue skies to raging hurricanes, from ice storms to droughts, North Carolina's weather varies widely from season to season and from day to day. In this delightful and informative book, Peter Robinson provides a layperson's guide to the state's weather and climate and an introduction to the science that describes it.

What is North Carolina's "typical" weather? How does it vary from the coast to the mountains? How do we forecast it? With dozens of color maps and tables to make understanding easier, Robinson covers big issues such as the role of weather and climate in daily life, severe weather threats and their causes, and the meteorological effects of seasons. He also explains more specific phenomena including the causes of heating and cooling, the effects of acid rain, and the role of groundwater in weather.

Robinson addresses the state's weather history as well as long-term concerns associated with how air pollution affects weather and our health, and he explores why issues of local and global climate change matter. Throughout, he discusses weather in ways that can inform daily life, whether you're planting a garden, building a climate-friendly and energy-efficient home, or choosing a time and place for vacation. ... Read more

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This reference book is the second in a series of five presenting a concise treatise on problems and final results of modern studies of earth and planetary materials in their most sophisticated aspects. Encyclopedic in its coverage of subjects, they include the systematic description of all areas of mineral matter studies corresponding to the actual capabilities and needs of science and industry. The second volume contains chapters on methods regarding Diffraction, Solid State Spectroscopy, Remote Sensing, Microprobe Analysis, Tunneling Microscopy, Analytical and Isotopic Mineralogy as well of Computer Databases. It is an invaluable reference for all scientists in academia and industry interested in properties of minerals in geophysics, technological mineralogy, and material sciences. ... Read more

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The modelling of minerals and silicated materials presents a challenge for theoretical solid state physicists, quantum chemists and molecular dynamicists. Its possible applications lie in different fields ranging from earth science to the design of new materials. It is worth noting that the modelling of such materials has been promoted first by the earth science community who need realistic estimates of the high-temperature and high pressure properties of the minerals present in the mantle in order to build realistic models for the dynamics of the earth's interior. The difficulty of such modelling is due to the diversity of elements and types of bonding involved in such systems and also to the numerous polymorphs which correspond to a given chemical composition.This collection of contributions aims to report on the most efficient and reliable modelling approaches and to give the present state of the art.Audience: Research physicists, chemists and earth scientists whose work involves minerals and silicated materials. ... Read more

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mineral engineering
I am intersted in the mineral engineering and the seperation of silicate minerals ... Read more

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This proceeding is a collection of papers from eleven countries presented at the 3rd UBC-McGill International Symposium on Fundamentals of Mineral Processing. Both high molecular weight polymers (flocculants) and low molecular weight polymers (dispersants) are used in mineral processing. The topics include: experimental methods in studying flocculants and flocculation; polymeric depressants; use of dispersants and flocculants in flotation (sulfide ores, potash ores, coal preparation, etc.), effect of dispersants on pulp rheology; use of flocculants in solid/liquid separation. ... Read more

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This book focuses on the experimental determination of the physical properties of silicate melts and magmas close to glass transition. Abundant new data are presented. The same type of measurement is performed on a range of melts to test the effect of composition on physical properties; and a range of different techniques are used to determine the same physical properties to illustrate the relationships between the relaxation of the melt structure and the relaxation of its physical properties. This book is of interest to experimental researchers in the discussion of data obtained from both a materials science and a geoscientific point of view. ... Read more