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Bond topology, bond valence and structure stability

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The Stability of Minerals

Part of the book series: The Mineralogical Society Series ((MIBS,volume 3))

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There are approximately 3500 known minerals, varying from the simple (native iron) to the complex (mcgovernite has approximately 1200 atoms in its unit cell) and spanning a wide range in bond type, from metallic (native gold) through ‘covalent’ (pyrite), to ‘ionic’ (halite). Most of us unconsciously divide the minerals into two groups: rock-forming and other. The rock-forming minerals are quantitatively dominant but numerically quite minor, whereas the other minerals are the reverse. Although this may seem a rather frivolous basis for such a division, there are actually some fairly important features to it that bear further examination.

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  1. Department of Geological Sciences, University of Manitoba, Canada

    Frank C. Hawthorne (Professor)

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  1. Crystallography and Mineral Physics Unit, Department of Geological Sciences, University College London, London

    Geoffrey D. Price MA, PhD (Professor of Mineral Physics) & Nancy L. Ross BS, MSc, PhD (Lecturer in Mineral Physics) (Professor of Mineral Physics) &  (Lecturer in Mineral Physics)

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Hawthorne, F.C. (1992). Bond topology, bond valence and structure stability. In: Price, G.D., Ross, N.L. (eds) The Stability of Minerals. The Mineralogical Society Series, vol 3. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-585-27578-9_2

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