Some Fundamentals of Mineralogy and Geochemistry - 2020

Geochemistry & Hydrochemistry

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This website makes available some one-page explanations of fundamental ideas in mineralogy and geochemistry.  The individual documents are designed as stand-alone explanations or illustrations, and they can be used as course handouts or as Powerpoint illustrations.        Virtually all of the individual documents provided here involve graphic presentations or explanations of ideas that are intended to make concepts more accessible to students. The principle driving this work is that things are best understood when seen in their broadest possible context.  The documents are made freely available on the world-wide web, rather than in a paper book produced by a publisher, with the conviction that ideas should move freely through the world, rather than be trapped in the legalisms of ownership and copyright law.

        The pages are available here independently in pdf and jpeg formats.  Users of these illustrations in Powerpoint lectures to students are reminded that some of the illustrations carry a lot of information.  Users can customize their lectures by using Powerpoint's "basic shapes" tools to add filled rectangles that conceal a part or parts of any given illustration.  Removal or reduction of the rectangles can then unveil more of that illustration in successive Powerpoint "slides".

        Educators are welcome to use these documents in their lectures and presentations; a message to Railsback reporting such use would be appreciated.  Permission from Railsback is required for reproduction of any of these documents.

        There is also a page indexing the pages below that are concerned with carbonates.  Every page listed there should also appear below.

        This document was first made public in 2006.  Pages have since been added, and more pages will be added as they are generated.  The most recent additions occurred on 15 May 2020.