Roger H. Mitchell

Gebundenes Buch

Kimberlites, Orangeites, and Related Rocks

Beschreibung

This remarkable volume presents the first revision to the classification system of diamond-bearing rocks in over eighty years. Presenting the latest mineralogical data, this book offers a detailed description of the mineralogy and geochemistry of kimberlites, orangeites, and lamproites. Several hundred new analyses of minerals in orangeites are included. This volume follows the publication of Kimberlites, by R.H. Mitchell, and Petrology of Lamproites, by R.H. Mitchell and S.C. Bergman, concluding the trilogy.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer / Springer Netherlands / Springer US
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-0-306-45022-8
• 1995.
• Seitenzahl: 428
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Juli 1995
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 260mm x 183mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 998g
• ISBN-13: 9780306450228
• ISBN-10: 0306450224
• Artikelnr.: 27059335

Rezensionen

`Superb...Mitchell has clearly established himself as an authority in his field. He writes with admirable clarity and his mastery of the literature of this vast subject is both encylopaedic and discerning ... [This book] is an outstanding good contribution to petrology.'
Geological Magazine

`Superb...Mitchell has clearly established himself as an authority in his field. He writes with admirable clarity and his mastery of the literature of this vast subject is both encylopaedic and discerning ... [This book] is an outstanding good contribution to petrology.' Geological Magazine