MINERALOGIES: A TEXT-BOOK OF MINERALOGY
CHAPTER HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE OF MINERALOGY 1 1 HISTORICAL RECORD OF MINERALOGY SCIENCE 1 2 GEORGIUS AGRICOLA 1 3 EARLY BEGINNINGS 1 4 PLINY THE ELDER 1 5 JABIR AND AVICENNA 1 6 THE FAR EAST AND CHINA 1 7 HYPOTHESIS OF SHEN KUO 1 8 CONTEMPORARY MINERALOGY 1 9 AMERICA 1 10 MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 1 11 MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA (MSA) FOUNDATION 1 12 “THE AMERICAN MINERALOGIST” IS ENDORSED 1 13 PUBLICATIONS 1 14 AWARDS AND GRANTS 1 15 PHYSICAL MINERALOGY 1 16 SUBSTANCE MINERALOGY 1 17 BIOMINERALOGY 1 18 OPTICAL MINERALOGY 1 19 CRYSTAL FORMATION 1 20 DEVELOPMENT AND OCCURRENCE 1 21 APPLICATIONS 1 23 MINERALS AND HISTORY, DIVISIONS OF MINERALOGY 1 24 CRYSTALLOGRAPHY 1 25 CRYSTAL AND CONFORMATIONAL SCIENCE 1 26 DIFFERENT BRANCHES THE IMPORTANCE OF MINERALS 2 1 INTRODUCTION 2 2 IMPORTANCE OF MINERALS 2 3 CLASSIFICATION OF MINERALS AND THEIR RESPECTIVE USE 2 4 CHAIN SILICATES 2 5 PYROXENE MINERALS 2 6 TALC 2 7 PYROXENOID 2 8 AMPHIBOLE 2 9 DISILICATES 2 10 CYCLOSILICATES 2 11 GARNET PROPERTIES OF MINERALS 3 1 CRYSTAL FORM AND HABIT 3 2 FACTORS AFFECTING CRYSTAL FORM AND HABIT 3 3 TYPES OF LUSTER AS A PROPERTY OF MINERALS 3 4 COLOR AND STREAK 3 5 CLEAVAGE, FRACTURE AND PARTING 3 6 FRACTURE 3 7 PARTING 3 8 TENACITY 3 9 DENSITY 3 10 HARDNESS OTHER PROPERTIES OF MINERALS 4 1 INTRODUCTION 4 2 QUARTZ 4 3 PROPERTIES OF QUARTZ 4 4 GYPSUM 4 5 ASBESTOS 4 6 SULFUR 4 7 IRON 4 8 GRAPHITE 4 9 DIAMOND 4 10 GOLD 4 11 SILVER 4 12 NICKEL 4 13 LEAD 4 14 COBALT 4 15 LIMESTONE 4 16 COAL 4 17 TITANIUM 4 18 SODIUM OCCURRENCE OF MINERALS 5 1 OCCURRENCE OF IGNEOUS MINERALS 5 2 INTRUSIVE IGNEOUS MINERALS 5 3 EXTRUSIVE IGNEOUS MINERALS 5 4 SEDIMENTARY ROCKS 5 5 HYDROTHERMAL MINERALS 5 6 METAMORPHIC MINERALS THE SILICATE MINERALS 6 1 CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY OF SILICATE MINERALS 6 2 NESOSILICATE 6 3 SOROSILICATES 6 4 CYCLOSILICATES 6 5 TOURMALINE 6 6 BERYL 6 7 CORDIERITE 6 8 INOSILICATES (CHAIN SILICATES) 6 9 DISTINCTION AND OCCURRENCE OF PYROXENES 6 10 PHYLLOSILICATE 6 11 TEKTOSILICATE 6 12 FELDSPAR NON-SILICATE MINERALS 7 1 NATIVE ELEMENTS 7 2 SULFATES 7 3 INORGANIC SULFIDES 7 4 ORGANIC SULFIDES 7 5 PHOSPHINE SULFIDES 7 6 HALIDES 7 7 OXIDES 7 8 HYDROXIDES 7 9 CARBONATES 7 10 SULFATES 7 11 PHOSPHATES 7 12 BURATES 7 13 SILICATES ECONOMIC GROUPING OF MINERALS ACCORDING TO ELEMENTS 8 1 LITHIUM, SODIUM AND POTASSIUM 8 2 COPPER, SILVER AND GOLD 8 3 CALCIUM, STRONTIUM, BARIUM AND RADIUM 8 4 BERYLLIUM, MAGNESIUM, ZINC, CADMIUM AND MERCURY 8 5 BORON AND ALUMINUM (GALLIUM, INDIUM) 169 8 6 TITANIUM, ZIRCONIUM, CERIUM AND RARE EARTH ELEMENTS, AND THORIUM 8 7 CARBON, SILICON, TIN AND LEAD 8 8 VANADIUM, NIOBIUM AND TANTALUM 8 9 NITROGEN, PHOSPHORUS, ARSENIC, ANTIMONY AND BISMUTH 8 10 CHROMIUM, MOLYBDENUM, TUNGSTEN AND URANIUM 8 11 SULFUR, SELENIUM AND TELLURIUM 8 12 MANGANESE AND RHENIUM 8 13 FLUORINE, CHLORINE, BROMINE AND IODINE 8 14 IRON, COBALT AND NICKEL ENVIRONMENTAL MINERALOGY 9 1 MINERALOGICAL EFFECTS CAUSING POLLUTION AND RELATED HAZARDS 9 2 ACID-GENERATING MINERALS 9 3ACID-CONSUMPTION MINERALS 9 4 TYPES OF POLLUTION 9 5 HEALTH HAZARDS FROM NATURAL MINERALS 9 6 INFRASTRUCTURES OF MINERAL INDUSTRY AND ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS 9 7 MINING AND MINERAL INDUSTRY CHAPTER 10 THE FUTURE OF MINERALOGY 10 1 DATA DRIVEN DISCOVERIES 10 2 DEEP TIME DATA INFRASTRUCTURE 10 3 MINERAL EVOLUTION TOWARDS THE FUTURE OF MINERALOGY 10 4 ASSESSING SYSTEMATIC TRENDS IN MINERALOGY 10 5 ADVANCED ANALYTICS AND VISUALIZATION OF MINERALOGY 10 6 MINERAL NETWORK ANALYSIS 10 7 DIVERSIFYING BIOSIGNATURES IN MINERALOGY 10 8 APPLICATION OF VIRTUAL REALITY IN MINERALOGY 10 9 AFFINITY ANALYSIS 10 10 LABEL DISTRIBUTION LEARNING REFERENCES