Pyroxenes

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Crystal Chemistry Of Silicate Pyroxenes
Chapter 3. Pyroxene Spectroscopy
Chapter 4. Subsolidus Phenomena In Pyroxenes
Chapter 5. Pyroxene Phase Equilibria At Low Pressure
Chapter 6. Phase Equilibria Of Pyroxenes At Pressures >1 Atmosphere
Chapter 7. Phase Equilibria At High Pressure Of Pyroxenes Containing Monovalent And Trivalent Ions
Chapter 8. Thermodynamics Of Pyroxenes
Chapter 9. The Composition Space Of Terrestrial Pyroxenes - Internal And External Limits
Chapter 10. Pyroxene Mineralogy Of The Moon And Meteorites

Volume 7 of Reviews in Mineralogy reviews the essential aspects of pyroxene research. Recently, Deer, Howie and Zussman (DHZ) published a second edition of their volume in the Rock-Forming Minerals series, Single-Chain Silicates, Vol. 2A (John Wiley, New York, 1978). The present volume is intended to be complementary to DHZ and to provide material covered lightly or not at all in DHZ, such as electron microscopy, spectroscopy, and detailed thermodynamic treatments. However, because the range of pyroxene research has grown so much in recent years, there still are important areas not covered comprehensively in either of these volumes. Some of these areas are kinetics, diffusion, crystal defects, deformation, and nonsilicate pyroxene crystal chemistry. Because of these omissions and because this volume is intended for use with the MSA Short Course on Pyroxenes to be held at Emory University in conjunction with the November, 1980 meeting of the Society, a Symposium on Pyroxenes was organized by J. Stephen Huebner for the meeting that is designed to present the latest research results on several different topics, including those above. With DHZ, this volume, and publications from the Symposium, the student of pyroxenes should be well-equipped to advance our knowledge of pyroxenes in the decades ahead.