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Rock & Minerals
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A textbook covering the essentials of crystallography, mineralogy, and the igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks for first year undergraduates. It is also suitable for A-level students.
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Geology & Earth SciencesTable of contents
- Front Cover
- Rocks and Minerals
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Brian Simpson
- Preface to Second Reprint
- Preface
- Chapter 1. The Structure of Matter
- Chapter 2. Crystallography
- Chapter 3. The Classification of Crystals
- Chapter 4. The Physical Properties of Minerals
- Chapter 5. The Rocks
- Chapter 6. Structure and Texture in Igneous Rocks
- Chapter 7. The Field Occurrence of Igneous Rocks
- Chapter 8. The Classification of the Igneous Rocks
- Chapter 9. The Rock Clans
- Chapter 10. The Syenite Clan
- Chapter 11. The Diorite Clan
- Chapter 12. The Gabbro Clan
- Chapter 13. The Ultrabasic Clan
- Chapter 14. Weathering
- Chapter 15. The Sedimentary Rocks
- Chapter 16. Structures in Sedimentary Rocks
- Chapter 17. The Clastic Sedimentary Rocks
- Chapter 18. The Calcareous Rocks
- Chapter 19. The Chemically Formed Sediments
- Chapter 20. The Carbonaceous Deposits
- Chapter 21. Pyroclastic Rocks
- Chapter 22. Metamorphism
- Bibliography
- Appendix
- FURTHER READING
- Index