Book 6

Introduction to Mineralogy and Petrology Second Edition

Introduction to Mineralogy and Petrology, Second Edition presents the essentials of both disciplines through an approach accessible to industry professionals, academic researchers, and students alike. This new edition emphasizes the relationships between rocks and minerals, right from the structures created during rock formation through the economics of mineral deposits. While petrology is classified on the lines of geological evolution and rock formation, mineralogy speaks to the physical and chemical properties, uses, and global occurrences for each mineral, emphasizing the need for the growth of human development.

The primary goal is for the readers to identify minerals in all respects, including host-rock and mineral deposits, with additional knowledge of mineral exploration, resource, extraction, process, and ultimate use. To help provide a comprehensive analysis across ethical and socio-economic dimensions, a separate chapter describes the hazards associated minerals, rocks, and mineral industries, and the consequences to humanity along with remedies and case studies.

New to the second edition: includes coverage of minerals and petrology in extraterrestrial environments as well as case studies on the hazards on the mining industry.

Key Features:

  • Addresses the full scope of the core concepts of mineralogy and petrology, including mineral structure, formation and grouping of minerals and soils, definition, origin, structure and classification of igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks
  • Features more than 350 figures, illustrations, and color photographs to vividly explore the fundamental principles of mineralogy and petrology
  • Offers a holistic approach to both subjects, beginning with the formation of geologic structures followed by the hosting of mineral deposits and concluding with the exploration and extraction of lucrative, usable products to improve the health of global economics
  • Include new contents on extraterrestrial systems with comparative features of landscape and environment, internal structure, composition, density, possibility of economic mineral resources, space exploration, mining and extraction on individual planets and its moons.