Overview
This book is devoted to the mineralogy of Khibina and Lovozero, the major alkaline massifs in the Kola peninsular. The list of material for these massifs consists of approximately 500 minerals and exceeds that of any other material location in the World. The two massifs are the type locality for 109 new minerals, many of which have been described by the author. In the deep sectors of these massifs, the author has discovered hyperagpaitic pegmatoid rocks, which have yielded various new minerals readily decomposed by water and not encountered under ordinary surface conditions. The author gives a systematic description of hyperagpaitic rocks and all their characteristic minerals. Detailed attention is given to the physio-chemical conditions of formation of the hyperagpaitic rocks and their significance as ore guides and carriers (rare metals, phosphorus, alkaline salts, etc) and as an inexhaustible source of further new minerals. The book was first published in Russian by Nauka Press (Moscow, 1990). It has been revised by the addition of descriptions of another 19 IMA-approved mineral species. This book is intended for professional and amateur mineralogists; Museum curators and mineral collectors; geological prospectors and researchers concerned with mineralogy, in mineral synthesis and materials science; mineral resource specialists.
Full Product Details
Author: A.P. Khomyakov
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Imprint: Clarendon Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.00cm
, Height: 2.10cm
, Length: 23.00cm
Weight: 0.560kg
ISBN: 9780198548362
ISBN 10: 0198548362
Pages: 234
Publication Date: 01 July 1996
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: To order
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Reviews
This is a interesting book because of the extraordinary mineralogical diversity of the two intrusions to which it is devoted. -- Journal of Petrology<br> This welcome translation and revision. . .describes the mineralogy of rocks so alkaline and silica undersaturated that most of their minerals are totally unfamiliar to geologists! . . . .An excellent book. --Journal of Geoscience Education<br>
"""This is a interesting book because of the extraordinary mineralogical diversity of the two intrusions to which it is devoted."" -- Journal of Petrology""This welcome translation and revision. . .describes the mineralogy of rocks so alkaline and silica undersaturated that most of their minerals are totally unfamiliar to geologists! . . . .An excellent book.""--Journal of Geoscience Education"
