Polymineral-Metasomatic Crystallogenesis

Foreword Introduction: On the concept of polymineral-metasomatic crystallogenesis Chapter 1: Replacement of monocrystals1.1. Natural and experimental products of replacement1.2. Technique, terms and experimental results1.3. Structural-morphological classification of replacement products1.4. Genetic nature of replacement products Chapter 2: Joint growth of crystals of different phases2.1. Growth and dissolution in supercooled solutions2.2. Physico-chemical model Chapter 3: Mixed crystal formation in solutions3.1. The specificity of the process3.2. Substance balance and replacement mechanisms3.3. Physico-chemical model3.4. Morphological and kinetic phenomena Chapter 4: Physico-chemical analysis of the metasomatic crystallogenesis4.1. Some general introductions4.2. Isothermal replacement in ternary systems4.3. Isothermal replacement in polycomponent systems and formation of poikilitic crystals4.4. Polythermal processes4.5. On the generality and distinction of the processes in the systems with isomorphic and non-isomorphic components4.6. To the determination of the volume effect of a reaction Chapter 5: Metasomatic transformation of aggregates5.1. On the replacement and growth of monocrystals at aggregate transformations5.2. Genetic model of rapakivi-type structures5.3. Recrystallisation of polymineral aggregates Chapter 6: Epitaxy and quasi-epitaxy in solutions6.1. Principal phenomena6.2. Technique6.3. Laws of epitaxy on a growing and dissolving substrate6.4. Laws of orientation of CaCO3 microcrystals at the adhesion6.5. Model of formation of epitaxial and quasi-epitaxial textures Chapter 7: Crystal habit origin7.1. Crystal habit at a stationary growth7.2. Crystal habit at a non-stationary growth7.3. Laws of formation of fluorite crystal habit7.4. Structural-chemical model of crystal habit formation Conclusion: On the interconnection of crystallogenesis and mineralogy. References