Mineralogy of quartz and silica minerals / / edited by Jens Götze.

• TeilnehmendeR: Götze, Jens,
• Place / Publishing House: Basel, Switzerland : : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute,, 2018.
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (274 pages)

The present book reports recent contributions from research in the field of quartz and other silica minerals. The various forms of silica (SiO2) represent important constituents of the Earth crust and play a central role in the composition of geological materials. In particular, quartz is widely used as a raw material in numerous industrial sectors. The knowledge of the formation and specific properties of SiO2 rocks and minerals is indispensable for the understanding and reconstruction of geological processes, as well as for specific technical applications. The works presented in this book are contributed by leading scientists and deal with aspects of the formation and processing of SiO2 raw materials, the analysis of high-purity quartz, and the specifics and varieties (e.g., quartz, amethyst, opal, agate) of SiO2 modifications. The presentations cover the main interrelations between theoretical, analytical, and industrial studies and provide information concerning recent developments in the research on SiO2 materials.

Table of Contents

About the Special Issue Editor -- Preface to "Mineralogy of Quartz and Silica Minerals" / Jens Götze -- Editorial for Special Issue "Mineralogy of Quartz and Silica Minerals" Reprinted from: Minerals 2018, 8, 467, doi:10.3390/min8100467 -- Jens Götze, Yuanming Pan, Axel Müller, Elena L. Kotova and Daniele Cerin Trace / Element Compositions and Defect Structures of High-Purity Quartz from the Southern Ural Region, Russia, Reprinted from: Minerals 2017, 7, 189, doi:10.3390/min7100189 -- Min Lin, Zhenyu Pei and Shaomin Lei / Mineralogy and Processing of Hydrothermal Vein Quartz from Hengche, Hubei Province (China), Reprinted from: Minerals 2017, 7, 161, doi:10.3390/min7090161 -- Zhenyu Pei, Min Lin, Yuanyuan Liu and Shaomin Lei / Dissolution Behaviors of Trace Muscovite during Pressure Leaching of Hydrothermal Vein Quartz Using H2SO, and NH4Cl as Leaching Agents, Reprinted from: Minerals 2018, 8, 60, doi:10.3390/min8020060 -- Adriana Guatame-Garcia and Mike Buxton / The Use of Infrared Spectroscopy to Determine the Quality of Carbonate-Rich Diatomite Ores, Reprinted from: Minerals 2018, 8, 120, doi:10.3390/min8030120 -- Moritz Liesegang and Ralf Milke / Silica Colloid Ordering in a Dynamic Sedimentary Environment, Reprinted from: Minerals 2018, 8, 12, doi:10.3390/min8010012 -- Axel Müller, Morgan Ganerød, Michael Wiedenbeck, Skule Olaus Svendsen Spjelkavik and Rune Selbekk The Hydrothermal / Breccia of Berglia-Glassberget, Trøndelag, Snapshot of a Triassic Earthquake Reprinted from: Minerals 2018, 8, 175, doi:10.3390/min8050175 -- Panagiotis Voudouris, Vasilios Melfos, Constantinos Mavrogonatos, Alexandre Tarantola, Jens Götze, Dimitrios Alfieris, Victoria Maneta and Ioannis Psimis / Amethyst Occurrences in Tertiary Volcanic Rocks of Greece: Mineralogical, Fluid Inclusion and Oxygen Isotope Constraints on Their Genesis, Reprinted from: Minerals 2018, 8, 324, doi:10.3390/min8080324 -- Steffen Trümper, Ronny Rößler and Jens Götze / Deciphering Silicification Pathways of Fossil Forests: Case Studies from the Late Paleozoic of Central Europe, Reprinted from: Minerals 2018, 8, 432, doi:10.3390/min8100432 -- Tadsuda Taksavasu, Thomas Monecke and T. James Reynolds / Textural Characteristics of Noncrystalline Silica in Sinters and Quartz Veins: Implications for the Formation of Bonanza Veins in Low-Sulfidation Epithermal Deposits, Reprinted from: Minerals 2018, 8, 331, doi:10.3390/min8080331 -- Vojtech Wertich, Jaromír Leichmann, Marek Dosbaba and Jens Götze / Multi-Stage Evolution of Gold-Bearing Hydrothermal Quartz Veins at the Mokrsko Gold Deposit (Czech Republic) Based on Cathodoluminescence, Spectroscopic, and Trace Elements Analyses, Reprinted from: Minerals 2018, 8, 335, doi:10.3390/min8080335 -- Julia Richter-Feig, Robert Möckel, Jens Götze and Gerhard Heide / Investigation of Fluids in Macrocrystalline and Microcrystalline Quartz in Agate Using Thermogravimetry-Mass-Spectrometry, Reprinted from: Minerals 2018, 8, 72, doi:10.3390/min8020072 -- Jonathan Sittner and Jens Götze / Cathodoluminescence (CL) Characteristics of Quartz from Different Metamorphic Rocks within the Kaoko Belt (Namibia), Reprinted from: Minerals 2018, 8, 190, doi:10.3390/min8050190 -- Masahiro Kayama, Hiroshi Nagaoka and Takafumi Niihara / Lunar and Martian Silica, Reprinted from: Minerals 2018, 8, 267, doi:10.3390/min8070267.