Applied Mineralogy Applications in Industry and Environment /

• Main Author: Mukherjee, Swapna (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2011.
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Economic geology.; Mineralogy.; Water pollution.; Earth Sciences.; Economic Geology.; Ceramics, Glass, Composites, Natural Methods.; Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution.

This book covers the entire spectrum of mineralogy and consolidates its applications in different fields. Part I starts with the very basic concept of mineralogy describing in detail the implications of the various aspects of mineral chemistry, crystallographic structures and their effects producing...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Part-I: Essentials of Mineralogy
• Minerals and Their Chemical Classification
• Mineral Crystals and Structural Classification
• Mineral Chemistry
• Physical Properties
• Optical Mineralogy and Its Uses
• Special Mineral Properties and Related Structures
• Descriptive Mineralogy
• Part – II: Mineral Transformations and Their Effects
• Energetics, Thermodynamics and Stability of Minerals
• Origin of Minerals and Their Transformations in Nature under various Environmental Conditions
• Mineral Deposits and Their Characteristics
• Marine Minerals in Different Environments
• Minerals and Mineral Associations as Geothermometers and Geobarometers
• Part-III: Mineral Analysis, Industry and Environment
• Common Analytical Techniques in Mineralogical Studies
• Precious and Semiprecious Stones
• Mineralogy in Exploration of Mineral Deposits using Magnetic, Electrical and Gravitational Properties
• Synthesis of Selected Minerals (Crystals) in Laboratory and Industry
• Industrial Mineralogy: Mineral Processing, Beneficiations and Other Related Mineral Usage
• Environmental Mineralogy
• Concept of Geomedicine and Medicinal Mineralogy.