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This Golden Press edition was continuously in print from 1957 through the 1970's (first from Simon and Schuster, then from Western Publishing). A guide to identifying rocks and minerals, and an explanation of their importance in our daily lives. Lavishly illustrated and clearly written, the Golden Guides were the most popular and revered series of science and nature books for young people ever published, inspiring many a future scientist.Product Details
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Tuesday, 23 September 2014
De nombreuses questions importantes, qu'elles soient liées à la science ou à l'Homme, sont mieux traitées si l'on maîtrise les bases scientifiques de notre planète. Car la Terre, par-dessus ou par-dessous, est le théâtre de multiples phénomènes qui façonnent notre environnement et le font évoluer. Ce livre de géologie les présente dans leur diversité d'échelles d'espace et de temps. Il offre un aperçu exhaustif des méthodes et techniques de cette discipline, en étudiant la nature des principaux terrains meubles et roches ainsi que leurs propriétés. Il fait comprendre comment les conditions géologiques influencent les activités de l'ingénieur, et fait prendre conscience des richesses en ressources du sous-sol et de la manière de les gérer intelligemment. Privilégiant une approche basée sur la résolution de problèmes, cet ouvrage de synthèse didactique s'adresse à un large public d'étudiants ingénieurs ainsi qu'aux praticiens du génie civil, de l'ingénierie de l'environnement, des sciences de la Terre, de l'architecture et de l'aménagement du territoire. Il sera utile à tous ceux pour qui la compréhension du milieu qu'ils transforment est fondamentale, afin de rendre leurs actions compatibles avec notre devenir. Grâce à ses nombreux exemples et illustrations choisis dans le monde entier, ce livre instruit aussi sous la forme d'une véritable invitation au voyage. La nouvelle édition revue et augmentée de ce manuel de référence couronné par le Prix Roberval propose un nouveau chapitre dédié à la contribution de la géologie dans les grands enjeux de nos sociétés.
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Saturday, 20 September 2014
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Friday, 19 September 2014
Guide des pierres et minéraux : Roches, gemmes et météorites [Walter Schumann]
Walter Schumann, "Guide des pierres et minéraux: Roches, gemmes et météorites"
Publisher: Delachaux et Niestlé | 2007 | ISBN: 2603014714 | French | PDF | 381 pages | 45 Mb
Ce guide contient une foule de détails relatifs aux origines de très nombreuses variétés, un tableau des éléments chimiques, un chapitre entier sur les propriétés (éclat, transparence, clivage et cassure, densité, etc.), sans compter des informations sur les modes de taille et de polissage.
Structuré en trois grandes parties concernant respectivement les minéraux, les roches et les météorites, le Guide des pierres et minéraux regroupe des centaines de photos, des descriptions précisant l'aspect, la couleur, la composition chimique, les caractères originaux de chaque élément. Il contient aussi une foule de détails relatifs aux origines
de très nombreuses variétés commerciales, un tableau des éléments chimiques, un chapitre entier sur les propriétés (éclat, transparence, clivage et cassure, densité, etc.), sans compter des informations sur les modes de taille et de polissage. Un index et une bibliographie viennent compléter cet ouvrage de référence, qui est désormais un classique du genre.
Walter Schumann est professeur émérite de Géologie à l'université de Munich.
C'est un expert connu internationalement et auteur de nombreux livres sur les minéraux et les roches.
Publisher: Delachaux et Niestlé | 2007 | ISBN: 2603014714 | French | PDF | 381 pages | 45 Mb
Ce guide contient une foule de détails relatifs aux origines de très nombreuses variétés, un tableau des éléments chimiques, un chapitre entier sur les propriétés (éclat, transparence, clivage et cassure, densité, etc.), sans compter des informations sur les modes de taille et de polissage.
Structuré en trois grandes parties concernant respectivement les minéraux, les roches et les météorites, le Guide des pierres et minéraux regroupe des centaines de photos, des descriptions précisant l'aspect, la couleur, la composition chimique, les caractères originaux de chaque élément. Il contient aussi une foule de détails relatifs aux origines
de très nombreuses variétés commerciales, un tableau des éléments chimiques, un chapitre entier sur les propriétés (éclat, transparence, clivage et cassure, densité, etc.), sans compter des informations sur les modes de taille et de polissage. Un index et une bibliographie viennent compléter cet ouvrage de référence, qui est désormais un classique du genre.
Walter Schumann est professeur émérite de Géologie à l'université de Munich.
C'est un expert connu internationalement et auteur de nombreux livres sur les minéraux et les roches.
Petrography of Igneous and Metamorphic Rocks[]
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This comprehensive laboratory manual teaches students taking their first course in petrography the techniques of describing and classifying rocks as well as how to apply those techniques to common igneous and metamorphic rocks. Essential features include: a listing of common minerals with their most important distinguishing optical properties; over two hundred illustrations detailing the relation between optics and crystal morphology; an accompanying CD-ROM with color slides illustrating rock-forming minerals and the textures of rocks, many with text and audio annotations by the author; descriptions of the textures and structures of igneous and metamorphic rocks; the most important properties of all the minerals compiled in an easy-to-access, full-color table; and a chart for determining the approximate modal (volume) percentage of minerals in rocks. The classification of igneous rocks used in the book is the one proposed by the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) Subcommission of the Systematics of Igneous Rocks. A list of commonly used rock names--many not part of the IUGS classification--is keyed to this classification. Also, the widely used Irvine- Baragar classification of volcanic rocks is included. Dr. Philpotts has organized a large amount of information to be easily and rapidly accessible. He provides students with a concrete foundation, giving them experience and confidence as they encounter the field of petrography.
Wednesday, 17 September 2014
Atlas of Rock-Forming Minerals in Thin Section [W. S. MacKenzie and C. Guilford]
About this book
This full-colour handbook illustrates the appearance of common rock-forming minerals as seen in thin section under the polarizing microscope. The book contains over 200 photomicrographs accompanied by short descriptions and summaries of the optical properties of the various minerals. The photographs are taken in either plane-polarized light or under crossed polars, and are careefully chosen to show the features by wich the minerals can most easily recognized.
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Paperback: 102 Pages
Publisher: 1980
Language: English
Size: 32 MB
Atlas of Igneous Rocks and Their Textures First Edition 1982 & Second Impression 1984 [W. S. MacKenzie, C. H. Donaldson, and C. Guilford]
About this book
Atlas of igneous rocks and their textures A companion volume to the Atlas of Rock-forming Minerals in Thin Section, this full-colour handbook is designed to be used as a laboratory manual both by elementary students of earth sciences undertaking a study of igneous rocks in thin section under the microscope, and by more advanced students and teachers as a reference work. The book is divided into two parts — Part One is devoted to photographs of many of the common textures found in igneous rocks with brief descriptions accompanying each photograph. Part Two illustrates the appearance of examples of some sixty of the commonest (and a few not so common) igneous rock types; each photograph is accompanied by a brief description of the field of view shown. Nearly 300 full-colour photographs are included, and in many cases the same view is shown both in plane-polarized light and under crossed polars. A brief account of how thin sections can be prepared is included as an appendix. It is believed that the amateur geologist using these instructions will be able to make his own thin sections and, with the aid of a relatively simple microscope, enjoy the study of rocks in thin section.
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Paperback: 148 Pages
Publisher: Wiley, First Edition 1982
Second Impression 1984
Language: English
Size: 57 MB
Atlas of Sedimentary Rocks under the Microscope [A. E. Adams, W. S. MacKenzie, and C. Guilford]
About this book
Atlas of sedimentary rocks under the microscope A third volume to accompany the successful Atlas of Rock-forming Minerals in Thin Section and Atlas of Igneous Rocks and Their Textures, this full-colour handbook presents over 200 colour illustrations of the common constituents and textures of sedimentary rocks as seen using thin sections or acetate peels. Since carbonate rocks show the greatest variety of grain types half the book is devoted to them, but the authors also cover sandstones, ironstones, phosphatic rocks, evaporites and cherts. In addition to the plates and their captions a short introduction outlines the classifications used and the staining techniques applied to most of the limestone samples. Like its predecessors, this atlas provides an essential guide and laboratory manual for geology students and teachers. Amateur geologists will also find much to help them enjoy the study of sedimentary rocks under the microscope with the aid of relatively simple equipment. A.E. Adams is Lecturer in Geology at the University of Manchester. W.S. MacKenzie is Emeritus Professor of Petrology at the University of Manchester. C. Guilford was formerly Superintendent of 1
the Department of Geology at the University of Manchester.
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Paperback: 104 Pages
Publisher: Wiley; First Edition (23 July 1984)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 047027476X
ISBN-13: 978-0470274767
Size: 18 MB
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Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology [Myron G. Best]
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Igneous and metamorphic petrology has over the last twenty years expanded rapidly into a broad, multifaceted and increasingly quantitative science. Advances in geochemistry, geochronology, and geophysics, as well as the appearance of new analytical tools, have all contributed to new ways of thinking about the origin and evolution of magmas, and the processes driving metamorphism.
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Paperback: 733 Pages
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell; Second Edition (13 December 2002
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1405105887
ISBN-13: 978-1405105880
Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.6 x 1.6 inches
Size: 35 MB
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Petrology of Sedimentary Rocks [Sam Boggs Jr]
About this book
Petrology of Sedimentary Rocks is an advanced textbook describing the physical, chemical, and biologic properties of the major types of sedimentary rocks, as revealed by petrographic microscopy, geochemical techniques, and field study. It covers the mineralogy, chemistry, textures, and sedimentary structures that characterise sedimentary rocks, and relates these features to the depositional origin of the rocks and their subsequent alteration by diagenetic processes during burial. In addition to detailed sections on siliciclastic rocks (sandstones, shales, conglomerates) and carbonate rocks (limestones and dolomites), it also discusses evaporites, cherts, iron-rich sedimentary rocks, phosphorites, and carbonaceous sedimentary rocks such as oil shales.
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Paperback: 600 Pages
Publisher: Cambridge University Press; Second Edition (23 March 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0521897165
ISBN-13: 978-0521897167
Product Dimensions: 9.7 x 6.8 x 1.3 inches
Size: 15 MB
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Structural Mineralogy: An Introduction J. Lima-de-Faria
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This work presents a novel pure structural classification of minerals, based on the minerals' internal structure. In more detail, it is based on the strength distribution and directional character of the bonds. This new classification may be considered as an extension of the structural classification of silicates, to the complete domain of minerals. A complete and well organized overview of 230 mineral structure types comprizing the more common minerals is presented in chart form. On the charts, the crystal structures are presented in a number of complementary ways such as in projection, close packing, coordinated polyhedra and layer description. This work is of particular interest to teachers and research workers in crystallography, mineralogy and inorganic crystal chemistry in academia.
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Édition : Kluwer Academic Publishers August 1994
Collection : Solid Earth Sciences Library
ISBN-13: 978-0792328216
ISBN-10: 0792328213
Number of Pages: 359
Product in Inches (L x W x H): 26 x 18 x 3 cm
The Stability of Minerals (The Mineralogical Society Series) G. David Price;Nancy L. Ross
About this book
30% discount for members of The Mineralogical Society of Britain and Ireland
This volume addresses the fundamental factors that underlie our understanding of mineral behaviour and crystal chemistry - a timely topic given current advances in research into the complex behaviour of solids and supercomputing.
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Publisher: Springer
Édition : 1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 1993 (9 décembre 2010
Collection : The Mineralogical Society Ser
ISBN-13: 978-9048140077
ISBN-10: 9048140072
Number of Pages: 380
Shipping Weight (in pounds): 2.6
Product in Inches (L x W x H): 2 x 15,4 x 23 cm
Deformation Microstructures and Mechanisms in Minerals and Rocks
About this book
This book is a systematic guide to the recognition and interpretation of deformation microstructures and mechanisms in minerals and rocks at the scale of a thin section. Diagnostic features of microstructures and mechanisms are emphasized, and the subject is extensively illustrated with high-quality color and black and white photomicrographs, and many clear diagrams. After introducing three main classes of deformation microstructures and mechanisms, low- to high-grade deformation is presented in a logical sequence in Chapters 2 to 5. Magmatic/submagmatic deformation, shear sense indicators, and shock microstructures and metamorphism are described in Chapters 6 to 8, which are innovative chapters in a structural geology textbook. The final chapter shows how deformation microstructures and mechanisms can be used quantitatively to understand the behavior of the earth. Recent experimental research on failure criteria, frictional sliding laws, and flow laws is summarized in tables, and palaeopiezometry is discussed.
Audience: This book is essential to all practising structural and tectonic geologists who use thin sections, and is an invaluable research tool for advanced undergraduates, postgraduates, lecturers and researchers in structural geology and tectonics.
Specifications
Broché: 162 pages
Editeur : Springer; Édition : Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2002 (31 décembre 2013)
Langue : Anglais
ISBN-10: 9401738491
ISBN-13: 978-9401738491
Dimensions du produit: 29,2 x 20,8 x 1 cm
Applied Mineralogy: Applications in Industry and Environment
About This book
This book covers the entire spectrum of mineralogy and consolidates its applications in various fields. Its starts (Part I) 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 different mineral properties. Part II of the book describes different aspects of mineralogy used to extend the studies of geothermobarometry, mineral thermodynamics and phase diagrams, mineral exploration and analysis, including some aspects of marine minerals etc. The book finally handles the applications in industrial, medicinal and environmental mineralogy along with precious semiprecious stone studies. The various analytical techniques, their significance in handling specific types of mineralogical problems are also well covered.
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Author: Mukherjee, Swapna
Publisher: Springer
Publish Date: Jul 2011
ISBN-13: 9789400711617
ISBN-10: 9400711611
Format: Hardcover
Number of Pages: 575
Shipping Weight (in pounds): 2.6
Product in Inches (L x W x H): 6.4 x 1.1 x 9.7
Walmart No.: 9789400711617
Advanced mineralogy Vol. 1 Composition, structure, and properties of mineral matter: concepts, results, and problems
About this book
This reference book is the first in a series of five presenting a concise treatise on problems and final
results of modern studies of earth and planetary materials in their most sophisticated aspects. Encyclopedic in its coverage of subjects, they include the systematic description of all areas of mineral matter studies corresponding to the actual capabilities and needs of science and industry. The first volume contains chapters on Crystal Structures, Point Defects, Natural Glasses, and Systematics of Chemical Bonding. It is an invaluable reference for all scientists in academia and industry interested in properties of minerals in geophysics, technological mineralogy, and material sciences.
Product Details
Hardcover: 551 pages
Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (September 29, 1994)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 3540572546
ISBN-13: 978-3540572541
Advanced Mineralogy Vol. 3: Mineral Matter in Space, Mantle, Ocean Floor, Biosphere, Environmental Management, Jewelry
ABOUT THIS BOOK
This volume of Advanced Mineralogy encompasses six different areas having two features in common: they are related to one of the largest enterprises of the second half of this century; and represent the ultimate and final extension of the concept of mineral matter. - Understanding mineral matter in Space is one of the principal purposes of cosmic exploration. This includes the results of compa rative planetology, lunar epopee, sophisticated meteorite studies (now more than 500 meteorite minerals), discovery of the interstellar mineral dust forming some 60 trillion of earth masses in the Galaxy, and terrestrial impact crater studies. It is possible now to speak of mineralogy of the Universum, and the mineralogical type of the states of matter in the Universe. Direct samples of mantle xenoliths and ultrahigh pressure-tem perature experiments make it possible to consider the mineral ogical composition of the Earth as a whole, including the upper an lower mantle and the Earth's core. Deep ocean drilling programs, a scientific fleet of hundreds of vessels and several submersibles have brought about great dis coveries in the geology, metalogeny, and mineralogy of the ocean floor the largest part of the Earth's surface, in particular revealing new genetic, crystallochemical, and ore types of min eral formation.
Content Level » Professional/practitioner
Keywords » Edelsteinkunde - Hydrothermale Mineralisation - Interstellarer Staub - Meteoriten - Umweltmineralogie - environmental mineralogy - gemology - geochemistry - hydrothermal mineralisation - interstellar dust - meteorites - mineralogy
Related subjects » Geochemistry - Geology - Geophysics & Geodesy - Materials - Physical Chemistry
An Introduction to the Study of Mineralogy
An Introduction to the Study of Mineralogy is a collection of papers that can be easily understood by a wide variety of readers, whether they wish to use it in their work, or simply to extend their knowledge. It is unique in that it presents a broad view of the mineralogy field. The book is intended for chemists, physicists, engineers, and the students of geology, geophysics, and soil science, but it will also be
invaluable to the more advanced students of mineralogy who are looking for a concise revision guide.
Edited by Cumhur Aydinalp, ISBN 978-953-307-896-0, 156 pages, Publisher: InTech, Chapters published February 01, 2012 under CC BY 3.0 license
DOI: 10.5772/2064
DOI: 10.5772/2064
Sunday, 14 September 2014
Dust Control Handbook for Industrial Minerals Mining and Processing
Mining Product: Dust Control Handbook for Industrial Minerals Mining and Processing
January 2012
Throughout the mining and processing of minerals, the mined ore undergoes a number of crushing, grinding, cleaning, drying, and product sizing operations as it is processed into a marketable commodity. These operations are highly mechanized, and both individually and collectively these processes can generate large amounts of dust. If control technologies are inadequate, hazardous levels of respirable dust may be liberated into the work environment, potentially exposing workers. Accordingly, federal regulations are in place to limit the respirable dust exposure of mine workers. Engineering controls are implemented in mining operations in an effort to reduce dust generation and limit worker exposure.
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