First published in 1848, authored by J.D. Dana, the Manual of Mineral Science now enters its 23rd edition. This new edition continues in the footsteps or its predecessors as the standard textbook in Mineralogy/Mineral Science/Earth Materials/Rocks and Minerals courses. This new edition contains 22 chapters, instead of 14 as in the prior edition. This is the result of having packaged coherent subject matter into smaller, more easily accessible units. Each chapter has a new and expanded introductory statement, which gives the user a quick overview of what is to come. Just before these introductions, each chapter features a new illustration that highlights some aspect of the subject in that particular chapter. All such changes make the text more readable, user-friendly and searchable. Many of the first 14 chapters are reasonably independent of each other, allowing for great flexibility in an instructor's preferred subject sequence. The majority of illustrations in this edition were re-rendered and/or redesigned and many new photographs, mainly of mineral specimens, were added. NEW Thoroughly Revised Lab Manual ISBN13: 978-0-471-77277-4 Also published by John Wiley & Sons, the thoroughly updated Laboratory Manual: Minerals and Rocks: Exercises in Crystal and Mineral Chemistry, Crystallography, X-ray Powder Diffraction, Mineral and Rock Identification, and Ore Mineralogy, 3e, is for use in the mineralogy laboratory and covers the subject matter in the same sequence as the Manual of Mineral Science, 23e.
By:
C Klein,
Barbara Dutrow
Imprint: John Wiley & Sons Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: 23rd Edition
Dimensions:
Height: 280mm,
Width: 183mm,
Spine: 36mm
Weight: 1.838kg
ISBN: 9780471721574
ISBN 10: 0471721573
Pages: 704
Publication Date: 08 February 2007
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
,
Undergraduate
Replaced By: 9781119806943
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
1. INTRODUCTION 2. PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF MINERALS 3. ELEMENTS OF CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY 4. ASPECTS OF CRYSTAL STRUCTURES 5. CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF MINERALS 6. CRYSTALLOGRAPHY: EXTERNAL SYMMETRY OF MINERALS 7. INTERNAL ORDER AND SYMMETRY IN MINERALS 8. CRYSTAL PROJECTIONS 9. SELECTED POINT GROUPS AND FURTHER ASPECTS OF SPACE GROUPS 10. CRYSTAL GROWTH AND DEFECTS; TWINNING, COLOR, AND MAGNETISM 11. MINERAL STABILITY AND PHASE DIAGRAMS 12. POST-CRYSTALLIZATION PROCESSES IN MINERALS 13. OPTICAL MICROSCOPY 14. ANALYTICAL AND IMAGING METHODS IN MINERAL SCIENCE 15. CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY AND SYSTEMATIC DESCRIPTIONS OF NATIVE ELEMENTS, SULFIDES, AND SULFOSALTS 16. CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY AND SYSTEMATIC DESCRIPTIONS OF OXIDES, HYDROXIDES, AND HALIDES 17. CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY AND SYSTEMATIC DESCRIPTIONS OF CARBONATES, NITRATES, BORATES, SULFATES, CHROMATES, TUNGSTATES, MOLYBDATES, PHOSPHATES, ARSENATES AND VANADATES 18. CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY OF ROCK-FORMING SILICATES 19. SYSTEMATIC DESCRIPTIONS OF ROCK-FORMING SILICATES 20. GEM MINERALS 21. MINERAL ASSEMBLAGES: INTRODUCTION TO ROCK TYPES 22. DETERMINATIVE TABLES APPENDIX 1. Outstanding Contributions to the Mineral Sciences APPENDIX 2. Development of Models for the Atom APPENDIX 3. Developing Hermann-Mauguin Symbols for Symmetry Notation APPENDIX 4. Distribution of forms in the 32 Point Groups, Arranged by Crystal System APPENDIX 5. Space Groups as an Expression of Morphology and Structure MINERAL INDEX SUBJECT INDEX
Dr. Cornelius Klein is the noted academic mineralogist who co-authored, and later took on the monumental task of updating, Dana's original Manual of Mineralogy. James D. Dana (1813 - 1895) graduated from Yale University in 1833. He joined a U.S. exploring expedition to the South Seas (1838 - 42), acting as a geologist and zoologist. His contributions to the American Journal of Science stimulated U.S. geologic inquiry. His research into the formation of the Earth's continents and oceans led him to believe in the progressive evolution of the Earth's physical features over time. By the end of his life he also came to accept the evolution of living things, as articulated by Charles Darwin. During his lifetime, and largely under his leadership, U.S. geology grew from a collection and classification of unrelated facts into a mature science.
