Book contents
- Meteorite Mineralogy
- Cambridge Planetary Science
- Meteorite Mineralogy
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Minerals and Meteorites
- 2 Definitions and Explications
- 3 Brief Review of Crystallography and Crystal Chemistry
- 4 Properties of Minerals
- 5 Identification of Meteoritic Minerals in Reflected Light, by Backscattered Electron Imaging, and by Energy Dispersive X-Ray Spectroscopy, Wavelength-Dispersive X-Ray Spectroscopy, and Electron Backscatter Diffraction Analysis
- 6 Meteorite Classification and Taxonomy
- 7 Mineralogy of Major Physical Components of Chondrites
- 8 Petrologic and Mineralogical Characteristics of Meteorite Groups
- 9 Cosmomineralogy
- 10 Formation of Meteoritic Minerals in Gas- and Dust-Rich Environments
- 11 Formation of Meteoritic Minerals on Parent Bodies
- 12 Formation of Meteoritic Minerals in the Terrestrial Environment
- 13 The Strange Case of the Aluminum-Copper Alloys
- Summary
- Epilogue
- References
- Index
- Plate Section (PDF Only)
3 - Brief Review of Crystallography and Crystal Chemistry
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 August 2021
Book contents
- Meteorite Mineralogy
- Cambridge Planetary Science
- Meteorite Mineralogy
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Minerals and Meteorites
- 2 Definitions and Explications
- 3 Brief Review of Crystallography and Crystal Chemistry
- 4 Properties of Minerals
- 5 Identification of Meteoritic Minerals in Reflected Light, by Backscattered Electron Imaging, and by Energy Dispersive X-Ray Spectroscopy, Wavelength-Dispersive X-Ray Spectroscopy, and Electron Backscatter Diffraction Analysis
- 6 Meteorite Classification and Taxonomy
- 7 Mineralogy of Major Physical Components of Chondrites
- 8 Petrologic and Mineralogical Characteristics of Meteorite Groups
- 9 Cosmomineralogy
- 10 Formation of Meteoritic Minerals in Gas- and Dust-Rich Environments
- 11 Formation of Meteoritic Minerals on Parent Bodies
- 12 Formation of Meteoritic Minerals in the Terrestrial Environment
- 13 The Strange Case of the Aluminum-Copper Alloys
- Summary
- Epilogue
- References
- Index
- Plate Section (PDF Only)
Summary
It is not the purpose of this chapter to present a comprehensive overview of crystallography and crystal chemistry. Excellent discussions of those topics can be found in the classic Crystallography and Crystal Chemistry: An Introduction by F. D. Bloss (1971) as well as in several more recent texts including those by Klein and Dutrow (2007) and Nesse (2012). Here we cover only the most salient points about crystallography to facilitate understanding of topics and terms presented elsewhere in this book without explanation.
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- Meteorite Mineralogy , pp. 58 - 65Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021