SULFATE MINERALS -
Crystallography, Geochemistry, and Environmental Significance
C.N. Alpers, J.L. Jambor and D.K. Nordstrom, Editors
Sulfate is an abundant and ubiquitous component of Earth's lithosphere
and hydrosphere. Sulfate minerals represent an important component of our
mineral economy, the pollution problems in our air and water, the technology
for alleviating pollution, and the natural processes that affect the land
we utilize.
There is considerable scientific interest in the mineralogy and geochemistry
of sulfate minerals in both high-temperature (igneous and hydrothermal)
and low-temperature (weathering and evaporite) environments. The physical
scale of processes affected by aqueous sulfate and associated minerals
spans from submicroscopic reactions at mineral-water interfaces to global
issues of oceanic cycling and mass balance, and even to extraterrestrial
applications in the exploration of other planets and their satellites.
This volume compiles and synthesizes current information on sulfate
minerals from a variety of perspectives, including crystallography, geochemical
properties, geological environments of formation, thermodynamic stability
relations, kinetics of formation and dissolution, and environmental aspects.
Contents of Volume 40
The Crystal chemistry of Sulfate Minerals
by............... Frank C. Hawthorne, Servey V.
Krivovichev, Peter C. Burns
X-ray and Vibrational Spectroscopy of Sulfate in Earth Materials
by............... Satish C. B. Myneni
Sulfate Minerals in Evaporite Deposits
by............... Ronald J. Spencer
Barite-Celestine Geochemistry and Environments of Formation
by............... Jeffrey S. Hanor
Precipitation and Dissolution of Alkaline Earth Sulfates: Kinetics and
Surface Energy
by............... A. Hina and G. H. Nancollas
Metal-sulfate Salts from Sulfide Mineral Oxidation
by............... John L. Jambor, D. Kirk Nordstrom,
Charles N. Alpers
Iron and Aluminum Hydroxysulfates from Acid Sulfate Waters
by............... J. M. Bigham, D. Kirk Nordstrom
Jarosites and Their Application in Hydrometallurgy
by............... John E. Dutrizac, John L. Jambor
Alunite-Jarosite Crystallography, Thermodynamics, and Geochemistry
by............... R. E. Stoffregen, C. N.. Alpers,
J. L. Jambor
Solid-Solution Solubilities and Thermodynamics: Sulfates, Carbonates
and Halides
by............... Pierre Glynn
Predicting Sulfate-Mineral Solubility in Concentrated Waters
by............... Carol Ptacek, David Blowes
Stable Isotope Systematics of Sulfate Minerals
by............... Robert R. Seal, II, Charles N.
Alpers, Robert O. Rye |
