Mineralogy
Sapphirine, biotite, and quartz from Madagascar. Photo from
Géry Parent, Wikimedia Commons
Mineralogy
Second Edition, July 2022, includes significant rewriting and
photo replacements and addition of a large mineral
encyclopedia (Chapter 14) with many photographs.
Written by Dexter Perkins, University of North Dakota (2020)
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Contributors
This book was a team effort. In addition to the principal
author, significant contributions came from Miranda Shanks,
Elizabeth Perkins, Douglas Perkins, Kevin Henke, Alyssa
Schultz, Paige Tibke, Hunter Morris, and Josh Crowell.
Companion Book
If you find this book of value, you may wish to check out the
companion Open Petrology text.
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Printing and PDF Versions
Many people have asked us to provide printable files or pdf
versions of this book. This is not easily done because every
chapter of this book is a single web page. So there is no
pagination. We have added buttons at the end of every chapter
for printing or creating pdf files, but the results are not
very good. If anyone has a better plugin or suggestion, please
let us know.
Photo and Graphic Credits
The visuals, especially the photos, are one of the things that
make this book what it is. The second edition of this book
contains more than 1,200 figures; almost all are full color
and most are photographs. And, the majority of the photos came
from Wikimedia Commons or others websites where selfless
individuals have made their material available under a
Creative Commons license for educational purposes. We have put
figure credits at the end of every chapter. But, a number of
individuals deserve special recognition for all the terrific
photos they have shared: James St. John, Didier Descouens,
Robert M. Lavinsky, Géry Parent, Marie Lan Taÿ Pamart, Siim
Sepp, Andrew Silver, Eurico Zimbres, Amcyrus2012, Alex
Strekeisen, Chmee2, Kevin Walsh, Teravolt, Acroterion,
Amotoki, Bereket Haileab, Brocken Inaglory, Daniel Mayer,
Graeme Churchard, Jan Helebrant, John Krygier, Kelly Nash,
Leon Hupperichs, Mike Norton, R. Weller, Raike, Roy Goldberg,
Walter Siegmund, and Woudloper. Unbeknownst to them, every one
of these individuals contributed multiple photos to this
project.
Ongoing Project
The nature of this kind of book means that it is always an
ongoing project. If you see need for changes or additions of
any sort, please email the main author at:
dexter[dot]perkins[at]und[dot]edu. Minor corrections are made
on a continual basis.
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