Mineralogie & Petrografie

Spezielle Mineralogie

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Diamonds in Nature

Ralf Tappert / Michelle C. Tappert

Diamonds in Nature: A Guide to Rough Diamonds illustrates the range of crystal shapes, colours, surface textures, and mineral inclusions of rough, uncut, naturally forming diamonds. Each chapter c...

Proceedings of the 37th International Symposium on Archaeometry, 13th - 16th May 2008, Siena, Italy

The book contains the Proceedings of the 37th International Symposium on Archaeometry, 12th May 2008, Siena, Italy. The aim of the Symposium is to promote the development and use of scientific te...

Sustainable Development in Mountain Regions

<p>The mountain regions in Southeastern Europe are unique natural regions of great beauty and ecological value, and home of the head waters of major rivers. They constitute a major ecologica...

Pyrometamorphism

Rodney Grapes

Giant Metallic Deposits

Peter Laznicka

Metals in the earth's crust are very unevenly distributed and, traditionally, a small number of ore deposits, districts or countries have dominated the world supply and have influenced commodi...

Geological Methods in Mineral Exploration and Mining

Roger Marjoribanks

This practical step-by-step guide describes the key geological field techniques needed by today's exploration geologists involved in the search for metallic deposits. The techniques described ...

Ore Textures

Roger Taylor

Tis text has resulted from some forty years of experience during which the author has puzzled over the meaning of ore textures. Te learning process has been slow and is still incomplete. Te bemuse...

Fundamentals of Basin and Petroleum Systems Modeling

Armin I. Kauerauf / Thomas Hantschel

Archaeomineralogy

George Rapp

<p>“Archaeomineralogy” provides a wealth of information for mineralogists, geologists and archaeologists involved in archaeometric studies. The first edition was very well-received and p...

Gesteinskunde

Ulrich Sebastian

Gesteine ¿ wie sie heißen und wozu man sie verwenden kannDas vorliegende Buch vermittelt einen leicht verständlichen Überblick über das Gebiet der Petrographie. Einsteiger werden nicht durch ...

Cathodoluminescence and its Application in the Planetary Sciences

<P>Cathodoluminescence microscopy/spectroscopy is a powerful technique providing detailed information on the shock metamorphism of target rocks, biosignatures of meteorites and mineralogy of...

Hydrothermal Processes and Mineral Systems

Franco Pirajno

<p>Hydrothermal processes on Earth have played an important role in the evolution of our planet. These processes link the lithosphere, hydrosphere and biosphere in continuously evolving dyna...

Current Developments in Bioerosion

<P>It has become apparent from the literature that bioerosional processes affect a wide range of biological and geological systems that cross many disciplines among the sciences. This book i...

The Origin of Clay Minerals in Soils and Weathered Rocks

Bruce B. Velde / Alain Meunier

<P>Of huge relevance in a number of fields, this is a survey of the different processes of soil clay mineral formation and the consequences of these processes concerning the soil ecosystem, ...

Minerals as Advanced Materials I

<P>This book comprises papers resulting from the 1st International workshop ‘Minerals as Advanced Materials I’. It is intended as an exchange of ideas between mineralogists and material ...

Mineral Deposit Research: Meeting the Global Challenge

In June 1965, a small group of European economic geologists gathered in Heidelberg, Germany, at the invitation of Professor G. C. Amstutz and decided to establish the Society for Geology Applied t...

The Archaeometallurgy of Copper

Andreas Hauptmann

<P>The book deals with the ancient exploitation and production of copper, exemplified by the mining district of Faynan, Jordan. It is an interdisciplinary study that comprises (mining-) arch...

Carbonate Reservoir Characterization

F. Jerry Lucia

<P>F. Jerry Lucia, working in America’s main oil-rich state, has produced a work that goes after one of the holy grails of oil prospecting. One main target in petroleum recovery is the des...

Speciality Chemicals in Mineral Processing

This timely publication will be welcomed by those needing access to the latest research in the profitable field of industrial mineral process chemistry. It is an up-to-date account of the performa...