Interactive Mineralogy Illustrations
Copyright © Dennis Tasa and his licensors
Captions by Melinda Darby Dyar and Mickey E. Gunter, Illustrations by Dennis Tasa
Images that accompany the textbook, "Mineralogy and Optical Mineralogy"
published by Mineralogical Society of America, Chantilly, Virginia, www.minsocam.org
Chapter 1
The Essence of Mineralogy
Chapter 2
Hand Sample Identification
Chapter 3
Crystal Chemistry
Chapter 4
Crystallography
Chapter 5
Optical Mineralogy
Chapter 6
Systematic Mineralogy
Chapter 7
Chemistry of the Elements
Chapter 8
Bonding and Packing in Minerals
Chapter 9
Chemical Analysis of Minerals
Chapter 10
Mineral Formulas
Chapter 11
Introduction to Symmetry
Chapter 12
Symmetry
Chapter 13
Mathematical Crystallography
Chapter 14
Representation of Crystal Structures
Chapter 15
Diffraction
Chapter 16
Introduction to Optics
Chapter 17
Optical Crystallography
Chapter 18
Optical Crystal Chemistry
Chapter 19
Mineral Identification
Chapter 20
Environments of Mineral Formation
Chapter 21
Nomenclature and Classification
Chapter 22
Silicate Minerals
Chapter 23
Non-Silicate Minerals
Chapter 24
Mineralogy Outside of Geology
Mineral Database app (sold separately)
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