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- •Contents
- •Foreword to the English translation
- •Preface
- •1 Introduction
- •1.1 Historical review
- •1.2 The birth of the concept of crystal growth
- •1.3 Morphology, perfection, and homogeneity
- •1.4 Complicated and complex systems
- •References
- •Suggested reading
- •2 Crystal forms
- •2.1 Morphology of crystals – the problems
- •References
- •Suggested reading
- •3 Crystal growth
- •3.1 Equilibrium thermodynamics versus kinetic thermodynamics
- •3.2 Driving force
- •3.3 Heat and mass transfer
- •3.4 Examples of mass transfer
- •3.6 Nucleation
- •3.7 Lattice defects
- •3.8 Interfaces
- •3.9 Spiral growth
- •3.10 Growth mechanism and morphology of crystals
- •3.11 Morphological instability
- •3.12 Driving force and morphology of crystals
- •3.13 Morphodroms
- •3.14 Element partitioning
- •3.15 Inclusions
- •References
- •Suggested reading
- •4 Factors determining the morphology of polyhedral crystals
- •4.1 Forms of polyhedral crystals
- •4.2 Structural form
- •4.3 Equilibrium form
- •4.4 Growth forms
- •4.4.1 Logical route for analysis
- •4.4.2 Anisotropy involved in the ambient phase
- •4.4.3 Whiskers
- •MAJOR FACTORS
- •METHODOLOGY
- •IMPURITIES
- •AMBIENT PHASES AND SOLVENT COMPONENTS
- •4.4.7 Factors controlling growth forms
- •References
- •Suggested reading
- •5 Surface microtopography of crystal faces
- •5.1 The three types of crystal faces
- •5.2 Methods of observation
- •5.3 Spiral steps
- •5.4 Circular and polygonal spirals
- •5.5 Interlaced patterns
- •5.6 Step separation
- •5.7 Formation of hollow cores
- •5.8 Composite spirals
- •5.9 Bunching
- •5.10 Etching
- •References
- •Suggested reading
- •6 Perfection and homogeneity of single crystals
- •6.1 Imperfections and inhomogeneities seen in single crystals
- •6.2 Formation of growth banding and growth sectors
- •6.3 Origin and spatial distribution of dislocations
- •References
- •7 Regular intergrowth of crystals
- •7.1 Regular intergrowth relations
- •7.2 Twinning
- •7.2.1 Types of twinning
- •7.2.2 Energetic considerations
- •7.2.4 Penetration twins and contact twins
- •7.2.5 Transformation twin
- •7.2.6 Secondary twins
- •7.3 Parallel growth and other intergrowth
- •7.4 Epitaxy
- •7.5 Exsolution, precipitation, and spinodal decomposition
- •References
- •Suggested reading
- •8 Forms and textures of polycrystalline aggregates
- •8.1 Geometrical selection
- •8.2 Formation of banding
- •8.3 Spherulites
- •8.4 Framboidal polycrystalline aggregation
- •References
- •Suggested reading
- •9 Diamond
- •9.1 Structure, properties, and use
- •9.2 Growth versus dissolution
- •9.3 Single crystals and polycrystals
- •9.4 Morphology of single crystals
- •9.4.1 Structural form
- •9.4.2 Characteristics of {111}, {110}, and {100} faces
- •9.4.3 Textures seen inside a single crystal
- •9.4.4 Different solvents (synthetic diamond)
- •9.4.5 Twins
- •9.4.6 Coated diamond and cuboid form
- •9.4.7 Origin of seed crystals
- •9.4.8 Type II crystals showing irregular forms
- •References
- •Suggested reading
- •10 Rock-crystal (quartz)
- •10.1 Silica minerals
- •10.2 Structural form
- •10.3 Growth forms
- •10.4 Striated faces
- •10.5 Growth forms of single crystals
- •10.5.1 Seed crystals and forms
- •10.5.2 Effect of impurities
- •10.5.3 Tapered crystals
- •10.6 Twins
- •10.6.1 Types of twins
- •10.6.2 Japanese twins
- •10.6.3 Brazil twins
- •10.7 Scepter quartz
- •10.8 Thin platy crystals and curved crystals
- •10.9 Agate
- •References
- •11 Pyrite and calcite
- •11.1 Pyrite
- •11.1.2 Characteristics of surface microtopographs
- •11.1.4 Polycrystalline aggregates
- •11.2 Calcite
- •11.2.1 Habitus
- •11.2.2 Surface microtopography
- •References
- •12 Minerals formed by vapor growth
- •12.1 Crystal growth in pegmatite
- •12.3 Hematite and phlogopite in druses of volcanic rocks
- •References
- •13 Crystals formed by metasomatism and metamorphism
- •13.1 Kaolin group minerals formed by hydrothermal replacement (metasomatism)
- •13.2 Trapiche emerald and trapiche ruby
- •13.3 Muscovite formed by regional metamorphism
- •References
- •14 Crystals formed through biological activity
- •14.1 Crystal growth in living bodies
- •14.2 Inorganic crystals formed as indispensable components in biological activity
- •14.2.1 Hydroxyapatite
- •14.2.2 Polymorphic minerals of CaCO3
- •14.2.3 Magnetite
- •14.3 Crystals formed through excretion processes
- •14.4 Crystals acting as possible reservoirs for necessary components
- •14.5 Crystals whose functions are still unknown
- •References
- •Appendixes
- •A.1 Setting of crystallographic axes
- •A.2 The fourteen Bravais lattices and seven crystal systems
- •A.3 Indexing of crystal faces and zones
- •A.4 Symmetry elements and their symbols
- •Materials index
- •Subject index
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Appendixes
A.1 Setting of crystallographic axes
Refer to Figs. A.1.1–A.1.3.
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Figure A.1.1. Miller axes applied to crystal systems other than hexagonal (including rhombohedral trigonal) system.
Figure A.1.2. Miller–Bravais axes in the hexagonal system.
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Figure A.1.3. Relation between hexagonal and rhombohedral (trigonal) systems.
(a) Hexagonal P lattice. (b) Relation between rhomobohedral R lattice and hexagonal P
lattice. (c) Rhombohedral R lattice.
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A.2 Bravais lattices and crystal systems 281
A.2 The fourteen Bravais lattices and seven crystal systems
Refer to Figs. A.2.1 and Table A.2.1.
Figure A.2.1. The fourteen Bravais lattices.
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Table A.2.1 The seven crystal systems
Crystal system |
Axial length, angles, and lattice symmetry |
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Cubic (isometric) |
a1 a2 a3, $ 90° |
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4/m |
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2/m |
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3 |
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Tetragonal |
a1 a2 % c, |
$ 90° |
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4/m |
2/m |
2/m |
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Orthorhombic |
a % b % c, |
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$ 90° |
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(c a b) |
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2/m |
2/m |
2/m |
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Monoclinic |
a % b % c, $ 90° % |
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(a b, &90°) |
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a % b % c, 90° % $ |
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(c a, $&90°) |
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2/m |
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Triclinic |
a % b % c, |
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% $% % 90° |
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(c a b) |
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1 |
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Trigonal |
a b % c, |
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$ 90°, 120° |
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(rhombohedral) |
a1 a2 a3, $ % 90° |
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3 2/m |
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Hexagonal |
a1 a2 a3 % c, $ 90°, 120° |
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6/m |
2/m |
2/m |
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