Minerals Book

Pt. I	The Earth and Its Minerals	8
Ch. 1	Thinking like a Geologist	10
Ch. 2	Continents Adrift	15
Ch. 3	Minerals	18
Ch. 4	The Rock Cycle	22
Pt. II	Minerals from Molten Rock	28
Ch. 5	Crystallization	30
Ch. 6	Gems from the Deep	36
Ch. 7	Carbonatites: Unusual Rocks with Unusual Minerals	39
Ch. 8	Granitic Pegmatites	42
Ch. 9	Agpaitic Pegmatites	56
Ch. 10	Summary of Crystallization in Magmas	61
Pt. III	Minerals and Water	62
Ch. 11	Dissolution and Precipitation	64
Ch. 12	Hydrothermal Solutions	74
Ch. 13	Warming the Rain	76
Ch. 14	Beyond Pegmatites	86
Ch. 15	The Effect of Tectonism	93
Ch. 16	Summary of Water's Role in Mineral Formation	100
Pt. IV	Chemical Alteration	102
Ch. 17	Equilibrium and Chemical Reactions	104
Ch. 18	Drying Out	108
Ch. 19	Neutralization Reactions	110
Ch. 20	Oxidation-Reduction Reactions	112
Ch. 21	Lights, Camera, Action!	117
Ch. 22	Which Comes First?	134
Ch. 23	Chemical Alteration in Igneous and Metamorphic Rocks	137
Ch. 24	Replacement Deposits	143
Ch. 25	Summary of the Chemical Alteration of Minerals	148
Pt. V	Recrystallization	150
Ch. 26	Heat and Pressure	152
Ch. 27	Metamorphism	154
Ch. 28	Composition	157
Ch. 29	Complex Recrystallization	164
Ch. 30	Skarns: Trash or Treasure?	167
Ch. 31	Rodingites	175
Ch. 32	Summary of Recrystallization	180
Pt. VI	Summary of Mineral-forming Processes	182
Ch. 33	Interaction of Mineral-forming Processes	184
Ch. 34	Biogenic Minerals	188
Ch. 35	What Have We Learned?	193
	Recommended Reading	196
	Appendix: Some Additional Minerals and How They Form	197
	Index	205
	Acknowledgments	208