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Meteorite Mineralogy

Rubin, Alan and Ma, Chi (2021) Meteorite Mineralogy. Cambridge University Press , Cambridge. ISBN 9781108613767. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20220825-833128900

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Abstract

Meteorites are fascinating cosmic visitors. Using accessible language, this book documents the history of mineralogy and meteorite research, summarizes the mineralogical characteristics of the myriad varieties of meteorites, and explains the mineralogical characteristics of Solar System bodies visited by spacecraft. Some of these bodies contain minerals that do not occur naturally on Earth or in meteorites. The book explains how to recognize different phases under the microscope and in back-scattered electron images. It summarizes the major ways in which meteoritic minerals form – from condensation in the expanding atmospheres of dying stars to crystallization in deep-seated magmas, from flash-melting in the solar nebula to weathering in the terrestrial environment. Containing spectacular back-scattered electron images, colour photographs of meteorite minerals, and with an accompanying online list of meteorite minerals, this book provides a useful resource for meteorite researchers, terrestrial mineralogists, cosmochemists and planetary scientists, as well as graduate students in these fields.


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https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108613767DOIeBook
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108613767.001DOIPreface
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108613767.002DOIChapter 1 - Minerals and Meteorites
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108613767.003DOIChapter 2 - Definitions and Explications
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108613767.004DOIChapter 3 - Brief Review of Crystallography and Crystal Chemistry
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108613767.005DOIChapter 4 - Properties of Minerals
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108613767.006DOIChapter 5 - Identification of Meteoritic Minerals in Reflected Light
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108613767.007DOIChapter 6 - Meteorite Classification and Taxonomy
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108613767.008DOIChapter 7 - Mineralogy of Major Physical Components of Chondrites
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108613767.009DOIChatper 8 - Petrologic and Mineralogical Characteristics of Meteorite Groups
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108613767.010DOIChapter 9 - Cosmomineralogy
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108613767.011DOIChapter 10 - Formation of Meteoritic Minerals in Gas- and Dust-Rich Environments
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108613767.012DOIChapter 11 - Formation of Meteoritic Minerals on Parent Bodies
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108613767.013DOIChapter 12 - Formation of Meteoritic Minerals in the Terrestrial Environment
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108613767.014DOIChapter 13 - The Strange Case of the Aluminum-Copper Alloys
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108613767.015DOISummary
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108613767.016DOIEpilogue
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108613767.017DOIReferences
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108613767.018DOIIndex
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108613767.019DOIPlate Section
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Rubin, Alan0000-0002-4515-4527
Ma, Chi0000-0002-1828-7033
DOI:10.1017/9781108613767
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Deposited By: Melissa Ray
Deposited On:30 Aug 2022 21:44
Last Modified:30 Aug 2022 21:44

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