Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Figure credits
- Part I Structural features of minerals
- 1 Subject and history of mineralogy
- 2 Elements, bonding, simple structures, and ionic radii
- 3 The concept of a lattice and description of crystal structures
- 4 Macroscopic symmetries : crystal morphology
- 5 Crystal growth and aggregation
- 6 Isomorphism, polymorphism, and crystalline defects
- Part II Physical investigation of minerals
- Part III Variety of minerals and mineral-forming processes
- Part IV A systematic look at mineral groups
- Part V Applied mineralogy
- Appendices
- Glossary
- References
- Index
- Plate section
- References
6 - Isomorphism, polymorphism, and crystalline defects
from Part I - Structural features of minerals
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Figure credits
- Part I Structural features of minerals
- 1 Subject and history of mineralogy
- 2 Elements, bonding, simple structures, and ionic radii
- 3 The concept of a lattice and description of crystal structures
- 4 Macroscopic symmetries : crystal morphology
- 5 Crystal growth and aggregation
- 6 Isomorphism, polymorphism, and crystalline defects
- Part II Physical investigation of minerals
- Part III Variety of minerals and mineral-forming processes
- Part IV A systematic look at mineral groups
- Part V Applied mineralogy
- Appendices
- Glossary
- References
- Index
- Plate section
- References
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- MineralsTheir Constitution and Origin, pp. 102 - 114Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2004