25 Chapter 19: Mineral resources and hazards 19.1 ORE MINERALS 19.2 INDUSTRIAL MINERALS AND ROCKS 19.3 GEMS 19.4 MINERALS AND HEALTH CONTENT ASSESSMENT REFERENCES
26 Index
List of Tables
1 Chapter 1Table 1.1 Characteristics of oceanic and continental crust: a comparison.
2 Chapter 2Table 2.1 Major properties of electrons, protons, and neutrons.Table 2.2 Quantum designations of electrons in the 92 naturally occurring e...Table 2.3 Periodic table of the naturally‐occurring elements displaying ato...Table B2.1 Ionization energies for hydrogen through calcium (units in kJ/mo...Table 2.4 Common ionization states for common elements in columns on the pe...Table 2.5 Relationship between radius ratio, coordination number, and coord...Table 2.6 Variations in ionic radius (in angstroms) with coordination numbe...Table 2.7 Mineral classification based on the major anion groups.
3 Chapter 3Table 3.1 A list of some common terms used in discussing phase diagrams.Table 3.2 The 14‐step radioactive decay sequence that occurs in the convers...Table 3.3 Systematics of radioactive isotopes important in age determinatio...
4 Chapter 4Table 4.1 Five common axes of rotational symmetry in minerals.Table 4.2 The 17 plane lattice groups and the unique combination of point g...Table 4.3 The six crystal systems and 32 crystal classes, with their charac...Table 4.4 Major characteristics of Bravais lattice cells in the major cryst...Table 4.5 The relationships of crystallographic axes and the rules for orie...Table 4.6 Common isometric crystal forms, form indices, form descriptions, ...Table 4.7 Common tetragonal crystal forms, form indices, form descriptions,...Table 4.8 Common hexagonal crystal forms and associated hexagonal and trigo...Table 4.9 Common trigonal crystal forms and associated minerals.Table 4.10 Common crystal forms, form indices, and minerals in the orthorho...Table 4.11 Common crystal forms, form indices, and minerals in the monoclin...Table 4.12 Common crystal forms, form indices, and minerals in the triclini...Table 4.13 Important rock‐forming mineral polymorphs.
5 Chapter 5Table 5.1 Crystal Habits of Individual Crystals: Images Source: Equant, fil...Table 5.2 Summary of the habits of crystal aggregates.Table 5.3 Comparison between the Mohs and Knoop hardness scales; the former...Table 5.4 Four major types of luminescence exhibited by minerals.Table 5.5 Different varieties of magnetism exhibited by minerals.Table 5.6 Composition and occurrence of the major varieties of garnet.Table 5.7 Colors and common occurrences of the major varieties of macroscop...Table 5.8 Colors and common occurrences of the major varieties of macroscop...Table 5.9 Macroscopic properties and occurrences of the major potassium fel...Table 5.10 Major varieties of plagioclase by anorthite (An) and albite (Ab)...Table 5.11 Macroscopic properties and common occurrences of significant fel...Table 5.12 Macroscopic properties of common zeolite minerals.
6 Chapter 6Table 6.1 Plane light and crossed‐polars properties of some common rock‐for...
7 Chapter 7Table 7.1 Magma or igneous rock classification based on weight percent sili...Table 7.2 Generalized description of rock color based on mineral compositio...Table 7.3 Summary of igneous textural names and brief descriptions.Table 7.4 Common fragmental (pyroclastic) textures classified by size and d...Table 7.5 Common oxide compounds and major minerals in igneous rocks.Table 7.6 Silica saturation and key mineral indicators.Table 7.7 Aluminum oxide classification and associated modal minerals.
8 Chapter 9Table 9.1 Common volcano explosivity classification.
9 Chapter 10Table 10.1 Trace element abundances for N‐MORB and E‐MORB in parts per mill...Table B10.1 The major features of M‐, I‐, S‐, and A‐type granitoids.
10 Chapter 11Table 11.1 Major processes and products of decomposition.Table 11.2 Chemical stability of major minerals under average weathering co...Table 11.3 Factors that affect the survival of resistate fragments during d...Table 11.4 Common iron and manganese oxides and hydroxides produced by weat...Table 11.5 Soil orders in the USDA‐NRSC soil taxonomy; their diagnostic fea...Table 11.6 The Reference Soil Groups (RSG) in the World Reference Base for ...Table 11.7 Unified Soil Classification System for coarse‐grained soils.Table 11.8 United Soil Classification System for fine‐grained soils.Table 11.9 Generalized hydraulic conductivity of sediments.
11 Chapter 12Table 12.1 Properties of sediments deposited by major depositional agents.
12 Chapter 13Table 13.1 Descriptive terminology for sorting coefficients proposed by Com...Table 13.2 Typical hydraulic conductivity of common detrital sediments.Table 13.3 Criteria for the textural maturity of sands and sandstones.Table 13.4 Classification of gravelstones: conglomerates, breccias, and dia...Table 13.5 Textural classification of mudrocks based on silt : clay ratios.
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