Publisher: Wiley Number Of Pages: 98 Publication Date: 1980-07
Description: Atlas of rock-forming minerals in thin section This full-colour handbook illustrates the appearance of common rock-forming minerals as seen in thin section under the polarizing microscope. It is not intended to replace a mineralogy textbook — rather it is designed to be used as a laboratory manual alongside the standard texts, by all students of earth sciences from sixth form to honours degree level. The book contains over 200 photomicrographs accompanied by short descriptions and summaries of the optical properties of the various minerals. The photographs are taken in either plane-polarized light or under crossed polars, and are carefully chosen to show the features by which the minerals can most easily be recognised.
Industrial Minerals and their Uses: A Handbook and Formulary By Peter A. Ciullo
Publisher: Noyes Publications Number Of Pages: 632 Publication Date: 1996-10-01
Description: This multi-authored handbook is a unique cross-industry resource for formulators and compounders, and an invaluable reference for the producers of formulated commodities and industrial minerals. Monographs on each of the common functional industrial minerals-asbestos, barite, calcium carbonate, diatomite, feldspar, gypsum, hormite, kaolin, mica, nepheline syenite, perlite, pyrophyllite, silica, smectite, talc, vermiculite, wollastonite, and zeolite include an overview of natural and commercial varieties, market size, and applicationareas. These are supported by descriptions of mineral structures, and the wedding of minerals and chemicals through mineral surface modification. This orientation to the minerals and their uses forms the foundation for chapters where they are presented in the context of the overall technology of various consuming industries. Each of these industry-specific presentations covers both the chemical and mineral raw materials used by the formulator, how these are combined, and relevant test methods. These chapters serve a dual purpose. Each clarifies for technologists the function and value of the mineral constituents of their products. Equally important, they provide a primer on the technology of industries other than their own, so that raw material, formulation, processing and testing considerations can be compared and contrasted. The book concludes with a formulary demonstrating how specific mineral and chemical ingredients are actually compounded in major application areas, and technical data on scores of commercial mineral products.
Contents
Silicate Structures
The Industrial Minerals
Mineral Surface Modification
Paints and Coatings
Paper
Rubber
Adhesives and Sealants
Plastics
Pharmaceuticals
Agricultural Pesticides
Ceramics and Glass
Formulary
Commercial Mineral Products
An extensive alphabetical database file about rocks, minerals, geology information and minerology. The complete alphabetical list of terms is divided into seven sections, with each section filled with pictures, definitions, description of rocks and minerals, plus additional links to corresponding information.
