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Crystals
2nd edition
Gordon Cressey and Ian Mercer
Crystals grow everywhere, deep within the Earth and upon its surface, in the laboratory and even inside our own bodies. They grow, react, dissolve or transform depending on the surrounding conditions.
The shape, colour and sparkle of a crystal will always fascinate. This new edition of Crystals provides an up-to-date introduction to the world of crystalline materials. It explores the diversity of crystals, from natural to synthetic, inorganic to biological, and highlights the special properties of crystals that make them so useful.
Published by the Natural History Museum.
Key features
- Up-to-date introduction to crystals
- Stunning colour illustrations throughout
- Covers new developments in the field
- Readable text, written by experts in the field
Contents
Enquire within; On the outside; Diverse imperfections; Crystal world; Minerals; Gem quality crystals; Symmetry; Crystal systems; Everyday crystals; Crystals everywhere; Birth and survival; Microscopy; Crystals and light; Defects; How crystals grow; Growing in liquid; Growing in solid and vapour; Evidence of crystal growth; Growing crystals for industry; Working with crystals; Same atoms, different crystals!; Electronics and light; Liquid crystals; Crystals and you; The raw materials of life; Making better medicines; Crystalline life; Facts and figures; Index and credits; Further reading.
About the Earth Series
The Natural History Museum's Earth Series explores the physical aspects of the natural world, from the processes that have shaped our planet since its formation, to the outcome of those natural processes.
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Specifications
ISBN: 0 565 09145 X
Price: £7.95
Format: Paperback
Size: 200 x 210 mm
Extent: 60 pp Illustrated in colour throughout
Published: August 1999
Subject classification: Popular science; mineralogy; gemmology
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