Dana's System of Mineralogy 3 Volume Set

The System of Mineralogy

of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana

by

Charles Palache, Harry Berman and Clifford Frondel

Harvard University

Over 2200 Pages 

7th Printing 1963

Volume I - Elements, Sulfides, Sulfosalts, Oxides

• Native Elements
• Sulfides, Including Selenides, Tellurides
• Sulfosalts
• Simple Oxides
• Oxides Containing Uranium, Thorium, and Zirconium
• Hydroxides and Oxides Containing Hydroxyl
• Multiple Oxides
• Multiple Oxides Containing Columbium, Tantalum and Titanium

Volume II - Halides, Nitrates, Borates, Carbonates, Sulfates, Phosphates, Arsenates, Tungstates, Molybdates, etc.

• Halides
• Carbonates
• Nitrates
• Iodates
• Borates
• Sulfates
• Selenates and Tellurates, Selenites and Tellurites
• Chromates
• Phosphates, Arsenates, and Vanadates
• Antimonates, Antimonites and Arsenites
• Vanadium Oxysalts
• Molybdates and Tungstates
• Organic Compounds

Volume III - Silica Minerals

Quartz

• Symmetry
• Structural Crystallography
• Morphological Crystallography
• Twinning
• Oriented Growths
• Physical Properties
• Optical Properties
• Irradiation Effects
• Chemical Composition
• Etching Phenomena
• Varieties of Quartz
• Inclusions in Quartz
• Pseudomorphs
• Occurrence
• High-Quartz
• Tridymite
• Cristobalite
• Opal
• Keatite
• Coesite
• Stishovite
• Natural Highly Siliceous Glasses