04216nam 22008293 450 991096768930332120251118003531.0978311041710431104171039783110417210311041721910.1515/9783110417104(CKB)3710000000519834(EBL)4338502(SSID)ssj0001595679(PQKBManifestationID)16295899(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001595679(PQKBWorkID)14884627(PQKB)11637945(PQKBManifestationID)16367808(PQKB)23052413(MiAaPQ)EBC4338502(DE-B1597)450191(OCoLC)1002264123(OCoLC)1004872925(OCoLC)1011446414(OCoLC)1013961295(OCoLC)979585048(OCoLC)987928942(OCoLC)992523754(OCoLC)999354918(DE-B1597)9783110417104(Au-PeEL)EBL4338502(CaPaEBR)ebr11146744(CaONFJC)MIL888895(OCoLC)935640732(Perlego)609422(EXLCZ)99371000000051983420160211h20162016 uy 0engur|nu---|u||utxtccrHighlights in mineralogical crystallography /Thomas Armbruster, Rosa Micaela Danisi (Eds.)1st ed.Berlin, [Germany] ;Boston, [Massachusetts] :De Gruyter,2016.©20161 online resource (214 p.)Description based upon print version of record.9783110417043 3110417049 Includes bibligraphical references at the end of each chapters and index.Front matter --Editorial --Contents --List of contributing authors --1. The power of databases: The RRUFF project /Lafuente, Barbara / Downs, R. T. / Yang, H. / Stone, N. --2. Structural complexity of minerals and mineral parageneses: Information and its evolution in the mineral world /Krivovichev, Sergey V. --3. Ab initio simulations of mineral surfaces: Recent advances in numerical methods and selected applications /Churakov, Sergey V. --4. Natural quasicrystals: A new frontier in mineralogy and its impact on our understanding of matter and the origin of the solar system /Bindi, Luca / Steinhardt, Paul J. --5. Ringwoodite: its importance in Earth Sciences /Nestola, Fabrizio --6. Investigation of bio-related minerals by electron-diffraction tomography: Vaterite, dental hydroxyapatite, and crystalline nanorods in sponge primmorphs /Mugnaioli, Enrico --7. Mayenite Ca12Al14O32[X2−]: From minerals to the first stable electride crystals /Gfeller, Frank --Index"Highlights in Mineralogical Crystallography" presents a collection of review articles with the common topic: structural properties of minerals and synthetic analogues. It is a valuable resource for mineralogists, materials scientists, crystallographers, and earth scientists. This book includes: An introduction to the RRUFF database for structural, spectroscopic, and chemical mineral identification. A systematic evaluation of structural complexity of minerals. ab initio computer modelling of mineral surfaces. Natural quasicrystals of meteoritic origin. The potential role of terrestrial ringwoodite on the water content of the Earth's mantle. Structural characterization of nanocrystalline bio-related minerals by electron-diffraction tomography. The uniqueness of mayenite-type compounds as minerals and high-tech ceramics.CrystallographyMineralsAnalysisMineralogyCrystallography.MineralsAnalysis.Mineralogy.548549.18Armbruster Thomas1950-Danisi Rosa MicaelaMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910967689303321Highlights in mineralogical crystallography4456678UNINA