Table of Contents

SECTION 1: CRYSTALLOGRAPHY AND CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY; 1. Introduction; 2. Crystallography; 3. Crystal Chemistry; 4. Crystal Structure; 5. Crystal Growth; SECTION 2: MINERAL PROPERTIES, STUDY, AND IDENTIFICATION; 6. Physical Properties of Minerals; 7. Optical Mineralogy; 8. Intro to X-Ray Crystallography; 9. Chemical Analysis of Minerals; 10. Strategies for Study; SECTION 3: MINERAL DESCRIPTIONS; 11. Silicates; 12. Framework Silicates; 13. Sheet Silicates; 14. Chain Silicates; 15. Disilicates and Ring Silicates; 16. Orthosilicates; 17. Carbonates, Sulfates, Phosphates, Borates, Tungstates, and Molybdates; 18. Oxides, Hydroxides, and Halides; 19. Sulfides and Related Minerals; 20. Native Elemetns; Appendix A Effective Ionic Radii of the Elements; Appendix B Determinative Tables

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