Boris Z. Kantor
Crystal growth & development: interpreted from a Mineral's Present Form. Talks on Minerals. Mineralogical Almanac, volume 6, 2003.
Foreword | 7 |
Preface: What are we going to talk about? | 8 |
Talk 1: CRYSTALS IN ORDERLY RANKS | |
On parallel "intregrowths", and on the skill of getting at the roots | 9 |
Talk 2: WATER WEARS AWAY STONE | |
On dissolution of mineral, and on deceptive appearance | 16 |
Talk 3: SELF-HEALERS | |
On how minerals act if having got into trouble | 20 |
Talk 4: IF THE MOUNTAIN WON'T COME TO MOHAMMED | |
On some grave consequences of irregular nourishment | 23 |
Talk 5: SIAMESE TWINS | |
On mineral adaptation to a cram, and on crystal twins | 29 |
Talk 6: MIMICS | |
On the twins that are quite unlike twins | 35 |
Talk 7: JAPANESE TWINS | |
On some twins-accelerates, and not only from Japan | 38 |
Talk 8: POLYSYNTHETIC TWINS | |
Tree-like, lamellar, … and cascade-like | 41 |
Talk 9: CRYSTAL GROUPS DIFFER | |
What is “druza”: a crystal cluster? | 44 |
Talk 10: SELF-ORGANIZATION | |
A drama with prologue and epilogue | 47 |
Talk 11: ORDERED DISORDER | |
On the faults that give birth to perfection | 51 |
Talk 12: BETWEEN THE POLES | |
On the roads and footsteps of perfection | 59 |
Talk 13: BETWEEN THE POLES (the sequel) | |
On crystal families and tribal signs | 64 |
Talk 14: BETWEEN THE POLES (the conclusion) | |
On the way to spherocrystal | 69 |
Talk 15: THE WILFUL HEMIMORPHITE | |
And on twisted and other quartzes once again | 77 |
Talk 16: “PSEUDO...” AND ENSUING CONSEQUENCES | |
The end of the sinter myth | 82 |
Talk 17: WE CARRY OUT AN EXPERIMENT! | |
To proceed with the topic | 88 |
Talk 18: SOMETHING ABOUT MYSTERIOUS ORIGIN OF AGATES | |
Ideas and facts | 92 |
Talk 19: BUBBLES AND SPURTS | |
Solution in a bag | 105 |
Talk 20: HALITES AND STALACTITES | |
On self-organization once again | 107 |
Talk 21: HOW LONG MINERAL GROWS? | |
A talk with an expert in caves | 110 |
Talk 22: SOME TICKS TO MEMORIZE | |
A farewell talk | 115 |
Bibliography | 126 |
Index | 127 |