Table of Contents 1
Cover
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Preface
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Chapter 1: Earth materials and the geosphere
1.1 EARTH MATERIALS
1.2 MINERALS AND MINERALOIDS
1.3 THE GEOSPHERE
1.4 DETAILED MODEL OF THE GEOSPHERE
1.5 GLOBAL TECTONICS
1.6 HOTSPOTS AND MANTLE CONVECTION
CONTENT ASSESSMENT
REFERENCES
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Chapter 2: Atoms, elements, bonds, and coordination polyhedra
2.1 ATOMS
2.2 THE PERIODIC TABLE
2.3 CHEMICAL BONDS
2.4 PAULING'S RULES AND COORDINATION POLYHEDRA
2.5 THE CHEMICAL CLASSIFICATION OF MINERALS
CONTENT ASSESSMENT
REFERENCES
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Chapter 3: Atomic substitution, phase diagrams, and isotopes
3.1 ATOMIC (IONIC) SUBSTITUTION
3.2 PHASE STABILITY (EQUILIBRIUM) DIAGRAMS
3.3 ISOTOPES
CONTENT ASSESSMENT
REFERENCES
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Chapter 4: Crystallography
4.1 CRYSTALLINE SUBSTANCES
4.2 SYMMETRY OPERATIONS
4.3 TWO‐DIMENSIONAL MOTIFS AND LATTICES (MESHES)
4.4 THREE‐DIMENSIONAL MOTIFS AND LATTICES
4.5 CRYSTAL SYSTEMS
4.6 INDEXING PLANES IN CRYSTALS
4.7 TWINNED CRYSTALS
4.8 CRYSTAL DEFECTS
4.9 POLYMORPHS AND PSUEDOMORPHS
CONTENT ASSESSMENT
REFERENCES
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Chapter 5: Mineral properties and rock‐forming minerals
5.1 MINERAL FORMATION
5.2 CRYSTAL HABITS
5.3 MACROSCOPIC MINERAL PROPERTIES
5.4 SILICATE MINERALS
5.5 NONSILICATE MINERALS
CONTENT ASSESSMENT
REFERENCES
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Chapter 6: Optical identification of minerals
6.1 ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION AND THE ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM
6.2 ESSENTIALS OF OPTICAL CRYSTALLOGRAPHY
6.3 THE OPTICAL INDICATRIX, INTERFERENCE FIGURES AND OPTIC SIGN DETERMINATIONS
CONTENT ASSESSMENT
REFERENCES
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Chapter 7: Igneous rock texture, composition, and classification
7.1 MAGMA AND IGNEOUS ROCKS
7.2 CRYSTALLINE IGNEOUS TEXTURES
7.3 NONCRYSTALLINE TEXTURES
7.4 CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF IGNEOUS ROCKS
7.5 MINERAL COMPOSITION OF IGNEOUS ROCKS
7.6 MINERAL COMPOSITION AND TERMINOLOGY
7.7 IUGS IGNEOUS ROCK CLASSIFICATION
CONTENT ASSESSMENT
REFERENCES
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Chapter 8: Magma and intrusive structures
8.1 ROCK MELTING
8.2 FACTORS IN ANATEXIS AND INITIAL MELT COMPOSITION
8.3 DIVERSIFICATION: DIFFERENTIATION, MIXING AND ASSIMILATION PROCESSES
8.4 MAGMA SERIES
