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    Meteorite Mineralogy by Rubin, Alan; Ma, Chi;

    Series: Cambridge Planetary Science; 26;

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    Product details:

    • Publisher Cambridge University Press
    • Date of Publication 5 August 2021

    • ISBN 9781108484527
    • Binding Hardback
    • No. of pages418 pages
    • Size 251x173x24 mm
    • Weight 990 g
    • Language English
    • Illustrations 149 b/w illus.
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    Short description:

    A comprehensive summary of the mineralogy of all meteorite groups and the origin of their minerals.

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    Long description:

    Meteorites are fascinating cosmic visitors. Using accessible language, this book documents the history of mineralogy and meteorite research, summarizes the mineralogical characteristics of the myriad varieties of meteorites, and explains the mineralogical characteristics of Solar System bodies visited by spacecraft.&&&160; Some of these bodies contain minerals that do not occur naturally on Earth or in meteorites. The book explains how to recognize different phases under the microscope and in back-scattered electron images.&&&160; It summarizes the major ways in which meteoritic minerals form - from condensation in the expanding atmospheres of dying stars to crystallization in deep-seated magmas, from flash-melting in the solar nebula to weathering in the terrestrial environment. Containing spectacular back-scattered electron images, colour photographs of meteorite minerals, and with an accompanying online list of meteorite minerals, this book provides a useful resource for meteorite researchers, terrestrial mineralogists, cosmochemists and planetary scientists, as well as graduate students in these fields

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    Table of Contents:

    1. Minerals and Meteorites: Historical Foundations and Current Status; 2. Definitions and Explications; 3. Brief review of Crystallography and Crystal Chemistry; 4. Properties of Minerals: Explanations and Applications; 5. Identification of Meteoritic Minerals in Reflected Light, by Back-scattered Electron (BSE) Imaging, and by EDS and EBSD Analyses; 6. Meteorite Classification and Taxonomy; 7. Mineralogy of Major Physical Components of Chondrites; 8. Petrologic and Mineralogical Characteristics of Meteorite Groups; 9. Cosmomineralogy; 10. Formation of Meteoritic Minerals in Gas- and Dust-rich Environments; 11. Formation of Meteoritic Minerals on Parent Bodies; 12. Formation of Meteoritic Minerals in the Terrestrial Environment; 13. The Strange Case of the Aluminum-Copper Alloys; Epilogue; References.

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