Mineralogy Lecture Notes Online
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Physical Properties
Checklist
Crystallography
Crystals are Patterns
Miller Indices
Crystal Classes
Stereographic Projections
Optical Mineralogy
Electromagnetic Waves, Snell's Law
Becke Lines, Dispersion
Double Refraction, Polarized Light
Retardation, Interference Colors
Interference Color Chart
Uniaxial Minerals
Refractive Index Measurement
Biaxial Minerals
Excalibur Instructioins
X-ray Diffraction
Diffraction
X-ray Diffraction by Powders
Periclase Structure
Plane Patterns
Crystal Chemistry
Atoms, Bonding
Pauling's Rules
Close-Packed Layers
Closest-Packed Structures
Minerals
Sillicate Minerals
Silica Polymorphs
Feldspars
Micas
Calculating Mineral Formulas
Composition Axes
Triangular Graph Paper
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