{"product_id":"manual-of-mineral-science-isbn-9780471721574","title":"Manual of Mineral Science","description":"First published in 1848, authored by J.D. Dana, the \u003ci\u003eManual of Mineral Science\u003c\/i\u003e now enters its 23rd edition.  This new edition continues in the footsteps or its predecessors as the standard textbook in Mineralogy\/Mineral Science\/Earth Materials\/Rocks and Minerals courses.   \u003cp\u003eThis new edition contains 22 chapters, instead of 14 as in the prior edition.  This is the result of having packaged coherent subject matter into smaller, more easily accessible units.  Each chapter has a new and expanded introductory statement, which gives the user a quick overview of what is to come.  Just before these introductions, each chapter features a new illustration that highlights some aspect of the subject in that particular chapter.  All such changes make the text more readable, user-friendly and searchable.  Many of the first 14 chapters are reasonably independent of each other, allowing for great flexibility in an instructor's preferred subject sequence.  The majority of illustrations in this edition were re-rendered and\/or redesigned and many new photographs, mainly of mineral specimens, were added.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNEW Thoroughly Revised Lab Manual\u003c\/b\u003e       \u003cb\u003eISBN13: 978-0-471-77277-4\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlso published by John Wiley \u0026amp; Sons, the thoroughly updated \u003ci\u003eLaboratory Manual: Minerals and Rocks: Exercises in Crystal and Mineral Chemistry, Crystallography, X-ray Powder Diffraction, Mineral and Rock Identification, and Ore Mineralogy,\u003c\/i\u003e 3e, is for use in the mineralogy laboratory and covers the subject matter in the same sequence as the \u003ci\u003eManual of Mineral Science\u003c\/i\u003e, 23e.\u003c\/p\u003e  1. INTRODUCTION\u003cbr\u003e 2. PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF MINERALS\u003cbr\u003e 3. ELEMENTS OF CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY\u003cbr\u003e 4. ASPECTS OF CRYSTAL STRUCTURES\u003cbr\u003e 5. CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF MINERALS\u003cbr\u003e 6. CRYSTALLOGRAPHY: EXTERNAL SYMMETRY OF MINERALS\u003cbr\u003e 7. INTERNAL ORDER AND SYMMETRY IN MINERALS\u003cbr\u003e 8. CRYSTAL PROJECTIONS\u003cbr\u003e 9. SELECTED POINT GROUPS AND FURTHER ASPECTS OF SPACE GROUPS\u003cbr\u003e 10. CRYSTAL GROWTH AND DEFECTS;\u003cbr\u003e TWINNING, COLOR, AND MAGNETISM\u003cbr\u003e 11. MINERAL STABILITY AND PHASE DIAGRAMS\u003cbr\u003e 12. POST-CRYSTALLIZATION PROCESSES IN MINERALS\u003cbr\u003e 13. OPTICAL MICROSCOPY\u003cbr\u003e 14. ANALYTICAL AND IMAGING METHODS IN MINERAL SCIENCE\u003cbr\u003e 15. CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY AND SYSTEMATIC DESCRIPTIONS OF NATIVE ELEMENTS, SULFIDES, AND SULFOSALTS\u003cbr\u003e 16. CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY AND SYSTEMATIC DESCRIPTIONS OF OXIDES, HYDROXIDES, AND HALIDES\u003cbr\u003e 17. CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY AND SYSTEMATIC DESCRIPTIONS OF CARBONATES, NITRATES, BORATES, SULFATES, CHROMATES, TUNGSTATES, MOLYBDATES, PHOSPHATES, ARSENATES AND VANADATES\u003cbr\u003e 18. CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY OF ROCK-FORMING SILICATES\u003cbr\u003e 19. SYSTEMATIC DESCRIPTIONS OF ROCK-FORMING SILICATES\u003cbr\u003e 20. GEM MINERALS\u003cbr\u003e 21. MINERAL ASSEMBLAGES: INTRODUCTION TO ROCK TYPES\u003cbr\u003e 22. DETERMINATIVE TABLES\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e APPENDIX 1. Outstanding Contributions to the Mineral Sciences\u003cbr\u003e APPENDIX 2. Development of Models for the Atom\u003cbr\u003e APPENDIX 3. Developing Hermann-Mauguin Symbols for Symmetry Notation\u003cbr\u003e APPENDIX 4. Distribution of forms in the 32 Point Groups, Arranged by Crystal System\u003cbr\u003e APPENDIX 5. Space Groups as an Expression of Morphology and Structure\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e MINERAL INDEX\u003cbr\u003e SUBJECT INDEX \u003cb\u003eDr. Cornelius Klein\u003c\/b\u003e is the noted academic mineralogist who co-authored, and later took on the monumental task of updating, Dana's original \u003ci\u003eManual of Mineralogy\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames D. Dana\u003c\/b\u003e (1813 - 1895) graduated from Yale University in 1833. He joined a U.S. exploring expedition to the South Seas (1838 - 42), acting as a geologist and zoologist. His contributions to the \u003ci\u003eAmerican Journal of Science\u003c\/i\u003e stimulated U.S. geologic inquiry. His research into the formation of the Earth's continents and oceans led him to believe in the progressive evolution of the Earth's physical features over time. By the end of his life he also came to accept the evolution of living things, as articulated by Charles Darwin. During his lifetime, and largely under his leadership, U.S. geology grew from a collection and classification of unrelated facts into a mature science.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989570961637,"sku":"NP9780471721574","price":194.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780471721574.jpg?v=1761784642","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/manual-of-mineral-science-isbn-9780471721574","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}