Highlights in Mineralogical Crystallography presents a collection of review articles with the
common topic: structural properties of minerals and synthetic analogues. It is a valuable
resource for mineralogists materials scientists crystallographers and earth scientists. This
book includes: An introduction to the RRUFF database for structural spectroscopic and
chemical mineral identification. A systematic evaluation of structural complexity of minerals.
ab initio computer modelling of mineral surfaces. Natural quasicrystals of meteoritic origin.
The potential role of terrestrial ringwoodite on the water content of the Earth's mantle.
Structural characterization of nanocrystalline bio-related minerals by electron-diffraction
tomography. The uniqueness of mayenite-type compounds as minerals and high-tech ceramics.
