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A second edition, in two parts, of volume two of this reference series. This part deals mainly with the pyroxene minerals, but also with pyroxenoids, sapphirine and aenigmatite. The advances in research over the 15 years since the first edition was published are summarized in this text. Each mineral chapter is divided into sections on structure, chemistry, optical and physical properties, distinguishing features and paragenesis. Chapters are headed by a tabulation of mineral data and a sketch showing optical orientation. Diagrams of the crystal structures are presented and are followed by a discussion of the structural features. The chemical sections include a large number of analyses from which the structural formulae have been calculated, illustrating the chemical variation exhibited by each mineral. In the sections on optical and physical properties, particular attention is paid to the correlation of these properties with chemical composition. The principle modes of occurence are described and discussed in the paragenesis sections, here again correlation with chemistry is emphasized.

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