Volume 39 of Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry about Transformation Processes in Minerals
summarises the current state of the art. The selection of transformation processes covered here
is by no means comprehensive but represents a coherent view of some of the most important
processes which occur specifically in minerals. Contents:Rigid unit modes in framework
structuresStrain and elasticity at structural phase transitions in mineralsMesoscopic twin
patterns in ferroelastic and co-elastic mineralsHigh-pressure structural phase
transitionsOrder-disorder phase transitionsPhase transformations induced by solid
solutionMagnetic transitions in mineralsNMR spectroscopy of phase transitions in
mineralsInsights into phase transformations from Mössbauer spectroscopyHard mode spectroscopy
of phase transitionsSynchrotron studies of phase transformationsRadiation-induced amorphization
