Highlights in Mineralogical Crystallography |
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| Editor:
| Armbruster, Thomas
Danisi, Rosa Micaela |
| Contribution by:
| Bindi, Luca.
Churakov, Sergey V.
Downs, Robert
Gfeller, Frank
Krivovichev, Sergey V.
Lafuente, Barbara
Mugnaioli, Enrico
Nestola, Fabrizio
Steinhardt, Paul J.
Stone, Nate
Yang, Hexiong |
| ISBN: | 978-3-11-041710-4 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2015 |
| Publisher: | Walter de Gruyter GmbH
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| Imprint: | De Gruyter Oldenbourg |
| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $152.99USD $145.00USD $168.99USD $150.00USD $177.99 |
Book Description:
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"Highlights in Mineralogical Crystallography" presents a collection of review articles with the common topic: structural properties of minerals and synthetic analogues. It is a valuable resource for mineralogists, materials scientists, crystallographers, and earth scientists. This book includes:
- An introduction to the RRUFF database for structural, spectroscopic, and chemical mineral identification.
- A systematic evaluation of structural complexity of...
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"Highlights in Mineralogical Crystallography" presents a collection of review articles with the common topic: structural properties of minerals and synthetic analogues. It is a valuable resource for mineralogists, materials scientists, crystallographers, and earth scientists. This book includes:
- An introduction to the RRUFF database for structural, spectroscopic, and chemical mineral identification.
- A systematic evaluation of structural complexity of minerals.
- ab initio computer modelling of mineral surfaces.
- Natural quasicrystals of meteoritic origin.
- The potential role of terrestrial ringwoodite on the water content of the Earth's mantle.
- Structural characterization of nanocrystalline bio-related minerals by electron-diffraction tomography.
- The uniqueness of mayenite-type compounds as minerals and high-tech ceramics.