Authors:William Alexander Deer, R. A. Howie, J. Zussman,
Publisher: Geological Society of London
Keywords: minerals, forming, rock, orthosilicates
Number of Pages: 932
Published: 1982-11-01
List price: $190.00
ISBN-10: 1897799888
ISBN-13: 9781897799888

A second edition, in two parts, of Volume 1 of this well-known reference series. This volume deals mainly with the olivine and garnet groups and also the humite group, zircon, sphene, vesuvianite, the Al2SiO5 (including mullite), topaz, staurolite and chloritoid. The disilicates and ring-silicates are covered in Volume 1B. In the years since the first edition was published, the quantity and scope of research on the olivines, garnets and the aluminosilicates has grown enormously and has given rise to a wide variety of literature. This book, which has been completely rewritten and considerably e