Advanced Mineralogy: Volume 3
Subtitle: Mineral Matter in Space, Mantle, Ocean Floor, Biosphere, Environmental Management, and Jewelry
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: June 15, 1998
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 444
ISBN-13: 9783540582458
Subjects: Geochemistry; Mineralogy; Mineralogy (General); Science; Science/Mathematics; Chemistry - Inorganic; Earth Sciences - Geology; Earth Sciences - Mineralogy; Edelsteinkunde; Hydrothermale Mineralisation; Interstellarer Staub; Meteoriten; Science / Mineralogy; Umweltmineralogie; environmental mineralogy; gemology; hydrothermal mineralisation; interstellar dust; meteorites
First sentence: The extended scope of mineralogy, including extraterrestrial materials, came first from increasingly sophisticated studies of meteorites, then from direct studies of lunar samples, then from the comparative mineralogy of terrestrial and giant planets, and finally from data on interplanetary dust and interstellar presolar mineral dust.