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Earth Materials Introduction to Mineralogy and Petrology

Authors

Cornelis Klein, University of New Mexico, Anthony Philpotts, University of Connecticut
Published 2016

Description

This concise, accessible, market-leading textbook brings together the wide-ranging fundamentals students need to understand rocks and minerals, and shows them how they relate to the broader Earth, materials and environmental sciences. Designed specifically for one-semester courses, it is beautifully illustrated to explain the key concepts in mineralogy and petrology. This edition has been fully updated based on classroom experience, and new features include a completely new chapter providing an elementary introduction to thermodynamics, kinetics, radioactive decay and absolute dating; new…

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Key features

  • Brings together all the wide-ranging fundamentals needed to understand rocks and minerals in a concise textbook
  • Shows how minerals and rocks relate to the broader Earth sciences, materials sciences and environmental sciences
  • Stunning color photos of specimens and CrystalMaker's 3D illustrations allow students to easily visualize minerals, rocks and crystal structures
  • Online resources include CrystalViewer's 3D rotatable crystal structures, animated phase diagrams, answers to end-of-chapter student exercises and all the figures from the book as PowerPoint and JPEG files for instructors

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