Part 1 Theoretical considerations: introduction to mineralogy; symmetry; crystallography; fundamentals of crystal chemistry; mineralogic variations; mineral stability and mineral reactions; crystallization, growth and habit; geological framework for mineral study. Part 2 Practical mineralogy: the physical properties of minerals; interactions of light and matter; mineral analysis; X-rays in mineralogy. Part 3 Mineral descriptions: native elements; sulfide and sulfosalts; oxides and hydroxides; carbonates; borates; sulfates; phosphates, arsenates, vanadates, chromates, tunstates and molybdates; silicates; appendix - table of atomic parameters, determinative tables, mineral index.
