'Overall, this is an excellent volume... The real strength of [it] is that in a single volume it provides a convenient and wide-ranging summary of current developments in mineral energetics, from crystal chemistry to petrological applications. As such, it is to be warmly recommended for all Earth Science libraries.' Mineralogical Magazine

• The stability of minerals: an introduction.- Bond topology, bond valence and structure stability.- Electronic paradoxes in the structures of minerals.- Lattice vibration and mineral stability.- Thermodynamics of phase transitions in minerals: a macroscopic approach.- The stability of modulated structures.- Thermochemistry of tetrahedrite-tennantite fahlores.- Thermodynamic data for minerals: a critical assessment.- The stability of clays.