D:\352\2008\References.wpdEPSC 352: INTRODUCTION TO MINERALOGYGOOD BOOKS ON MINERALOGY, CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, ANDCRYSTAL CHEMISTRYBooksBerry, L.G.; Mason, B.; and Dietrich, R.V. 1983. Mineralogy--Concepts, Descriptions,Determinations. 2nd edition. San Francisco: Freeman.Blackburn, W.H. and Dennen, W.H. 1994. Principles of Mineralogy. 2nd edition. Dubuque: Wm. C. Brown Publishers. Bloss, F.D. 1971. Crystallography and Crystal Chemistry. New York: Holt, Rinehart andWinston, Inc. [Excellent on symmetry and crystal chemistry; great end-of-chapter problems andanswers.]Bragg, W.L. and Claringbull, G.F. 1965. Crystal Structures of Minerals. Ithaca: CornellUniversity Press. [Classic text on mineral structures, by one who knows them intimately! However, in some cases, line drawings of complex structures hard to envision.]Buerger, M.J. 1956 (revised printing, 1963). Elementary Crystallography. New York: John Wiley.Cepeda, J.C. 1994. Introduction to Minerals and Rocks. New York: Macmillan CollegePublishing Co. [Clear, concise; excellent tables; applied]Cracknell, A.P. 1969. Crystals and Their Structures. New York: Pergamon. [Very gooddiscussion of bonding forces.]Deer, W. A.; Howie, R.A.; and Zussman, J. 1992. An Introduction to the Rock-Forming Minerals. 2nd edition. New York: Wiley. [Standard in the field, used by mineralogists and petrologistswho investigate rocks in thin section.]Dietrich, R.V. and Skinner, B.J. 1979. Rocks and Rock Minerals. New York: John Wiley andSons. [ Very useful abbreviated discussion of basic properties of rock-forming (and otherimportant) minerals and the three major rock groups. Excellent illustrations and tabulations offundamental data.]Ehlers, E.G. 1972. The Interpretation of Geological Phase Diagrams. San Francisco: W.H.Freeman. [Excellent instructional book on the reading and use of geological phase diagrams.]Evans, R.C. 1964. Crystal Chemistry. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.Frye, K., editor. 1981. The Encyclopedia of Mineralogy. Volume IVB of the Encyclopedia ofEarth Sciences. Stroudsburg, PA: Hutchinson Ross Publ. Co. [Good overview of someinteresting mineralogical topics, accompanied by short articles on those topics. In EPSc library,QE355.R6, shelved with the over-sized books under one of the windows.]Frye, K. 1993. Mineral Science: An Introductory Survey. New York: Macmillan Publishing Co.EPSc 352: Good Reference Books2[Clear, concise, good diagrams]ºFyfe, W.S. 1964. Geochemistry of Solids. New York: McGraw-Hill. [Great little book; veryinformative and readable.]Gay, P. 1972. The Crystalline State. Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd. [Very good discussion ofsymmetry.]Griffen, D.T. 1992. Silicate Crystal Chemistry. New York: Oxford University Press. [Detaileddiscussions, clear illustrations, good appendices, advanced level.]Hammond, C. 1990. Introduction to Crystallography. Oxford: Oxford University Press. [Short,concise, well illustrated book about packing, lattices, and symmetry.] Henry, N.F.M. and Lonsdale, K., eds. 1952. International Tables for X-Ray Crystallography. Vol.1. International Union of Crystallography (Birmingham, England: Kynock Press). [Representations of all the space groups.]Klein, C. and Dutrow, B. 2008. Manual of Mineral Science. 23rd edition.New York: John Wiley and Sons. [Textbook for this course; has accompanying CD]Mandarino, J.A. and Back, M.E. 2004. Fleischer’s Glossary of Mineral Species 2004. Tucson:The Mineralogical Record Inc. [List of all recognized mineral species; provides chemicalcomposition, crystal system, earliest literature reference of each species.]Nesse, W.D. 2000. Introduction to Mineralogy. New York: Oxford University Press. [Excellent,well-illustrated text. Covers most of the same topics as Klein. Lots of typos.]Pellant, C. 1992. Rocks and Minerals [Eyewitness Handbooks Series]. New York: DorlingKindersley, Inc. [Hand-specimen mineral identification. Good color photos/drawings.]Perkins, D. 1998. Mineralogy. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall. [Good, well illustratedbook. Approaches mineralogy from viewpoint of rocks and rock-forming processes.]Phillips, F.C. 1971. An Introduction to Crystallography. New York: John Wiley. [Discussesprojection methods; good depth on symmetry and space groups.]Putnis, A. and McConnell, J.D.C. 1980. Principles of Mineral Behaviour. Geoscience Texts, vol.1. New York: Elsevier.Read, W.T. 1953. Dislocations in Crystals. New York: McGraw-Hill. [Classic text; gooddrawings.]Sands, D.E. 1969. Introduction to Crystallography. New York: W.A. Benjamin. [Introducesgroup theory.]Zoltai, T. and Stout, J.H. 1984. Mineralogy--Concepts and Principles. Minneapolis: Burgess.EPSc 352: Good Reference Books3[High-level introductory book, uses different approach to classifying minerals and organizingthem by