Celebrating the International Year of Mineralogy

Progress and Landmark Discoveries of the Last Decades

AvLuca Bindi,Giuseppe Cruciani

Inbunden, Engelska, 2023

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Beskrivning

This volume celebrates mineral sciences and what are considered the most important progresses and breakthroughs in this discipline. Authoritative authors, who, in most cases, are the direct discoverers recount the steps of their research, which represent landmark developments of mineralogy and mineralogical crystallography.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2023-05-07
Mått:155 x 235 x 21 mm
Vikt:790 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Springer Mineralogy
Antal sidor:359
Förlag:Springer International Publishing AG
ISBN:9783031288043

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"Celebrating the International Year of Mineralogy is more than just a collection of scientific essays; it is a celebration of the field’s vibrant history and its promising future. Every word in this book perfectly confirms the sentence proposed by editors in the preface: 'mineralogy is a living science'. This book pays homage to the many researchers whose tireless efforts have expanded our understanding of the mineral kingdom and is a must-read for anyone interested in mineralogical stories ... ." (Anhuai Lu, American Mineralogist, Vol. 109 (12), 2024)

Innehållsförteckning

Editorial.- Discovery of fullerenes and quasicrystals in nature.- The Evolution of Mineral Evolution.- Mineral Informatics: Origins.- The Discovery of New Minerals in Modern Mineralogy: Experience, Implications and Perspectives.- Structural and chemical complexity of minerals: the information-based approach.- Predicting HP-HT Earth and planetary materials.- Structural mechanisms stabilizing hydrous silicates at deep-Earth conditions.- Discovering High-pressure and High-temperature Minerals.- Mineralogy of Planetary Cores.- Going inside a diamond.- Mineralogy of returned sample from C-type near-Earth asteroid (162173) Ryugu.- Mineral discoveries that changed everyday life.- Hydrogen, the principal agent of structural and chemical diversity in minerals.