Mineralogy

Estuaries occur along many of the worlda (TM)s coastlines irrespective of geologic setting, energy regime, and depositional environment. They represent the interface between fluvial, coastal and marine environments and they contain the sedimentary record of geological changes among these systems. Ho... More

The application of microbiological methods to the extraction of metals from minerals has definitely gained a prominent role and is supported by the several bioleaching and biooxidation processes operating in different sites over the world. In recent years new techniques and new results about proteom... More

The fascinating six-hundred-year history of one of the world's most coveted gems and the royal feuds, intrigues, and betrayals it engendered The Sancy Diamond first came to Europe from India in the fourteenth century, and until 1661 it was the largest white diamond-and the most concentrated and sec... More

The paragon of physical perfection and a sparkling example of Earth's forces at work, the diamond has fascinated all realms of society, from starlets to scientists. The Nature of Diamonds is a comprehensive look at nature's most coveted gem. A handsome, large-format book, The Nature of Diamonds is a... More

Meteorites and Their Parent Planets provides an engrossing overview of a highly interdisciplinary field--the study of extraterrestrial materials. The second edition of this successful book has been thoroughly revised, and describes the nature of meteorites, where they come from, and how they get to ... More

The Diamond Films Handbook is an important source of information for readers involved in the new diamond film technology, emphasizing synthesis technologies and diamond film applications. Containing over 1600 references, drawings, photographs, micrographs, equations, and tables, and contributions by... More

Marine Clastic reservoirs provides an integrated perspective to sandstonereservoir description and analysis. It combines analog-oriented methods fromsequence stratigraphy with rigorous stratigraphic and sedimentologicaldescription of cores and outcrops to develop a process-based analysis of sandston... More

The present dictionary on geology is another latest addition in the series of dictionaries. It is designed for geology professionals. It is uptodate, authentic and comprehensive dictionary on geology.... More

The aim of the book has been to focus on the origin, occurance, migration (of petroleum, exploration, drilling or mining of the hydrocarbons, and their uses, particularly the petrochemicals. Side by side, an attempt has been made to divert the attention of the people on the fact that it take a lot o... More

The Golconda The Golconda diamonds and the mines of that name are the stuff of the Thousands and One Arabian Nights. Some of the most famous (or infamous) diamonds such as the Koh-i-Noor, the Hope and the Regent were found there. ... More

The Writings of Ananda Coomaraswamy collected here document all the important findings of the time when he was appointed Director of the Mineralogical Survey of Ceylon, including that of the remains of Radiolaria in the Gondwana shales of Sriperamatur near Madras. Hardbound... More

The bestselling author of "Cod" and "The Basque History" turns his attention to salt, a common household item with a long and intriguing history. In this multilayered masterpiece, Kurlansky explains how salt provoked and financed wars, secured empires, and inspired revolutions.Mark Kurlansky, the be... More

"Wills' Mineral Processing Technology" provides practising engineers and students of mineral processing, metallurgy and mining with a review of all of the common ore-processing techniques utilized in modern processing installations. Now in its Seventh Edition, this renowned book is a standard refere... More

The collection of natural mineral crystals housed at the Houston Museum of Natural Science is the ?nest and best known in the world. Now the treasures of this singular collection are shown in resplendent photographs that will seduce both the connoisseur of beauty and the student of natural history. ... More

This illustrated, concise reference presents 288 mineral specimens, organized in 10 categories, with a quick identification key and characteristics of each."Excerpted from the Introduction: " THE SCIENCE OF MINERALOGY Mineralogy is the science of minerals. To the uninitiated, mineralogy can appear ... More

Mainly concerned with the arrangements of atoms in a crystalline array and the nature of their chemical bonding in minerals, this book emphasizes the relationships of atomic and electronic structure, chemical bonding, symmetry of regular and distorted atomic arrays and optical properties of crystall... More

Understanding the process underlying the origin of Earth magnetic field is one of the greatest challenges left to classical Physics. Geomagnetism, being the oldest Earth science, studies the Eartha (TM)s magnetic field in its broadest sense. The magnetic record left in rocks is studied in Paleomagne... More