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Books : Science : Earth Sciences : Mineralogy : High Pressure

• The Diamond Makers

  Robert M. Hazen

  
  Since time immemorial, we have treasured diamonds for their exquisite beauty and unrivaled hardness. Yet, most of the earth's diamonds lie deep underground and totally unaccessible to us--if only we knew how to fabricate them! In The Diamond Makers Robert Hazen vividly recounts the very human desire to exceed nature and create a synthetic diamond. Spanning centuries of ground-breaking science, instances of bitter rivalry, cases of outright fraud and self-delusion, Hazen blends drama and science to reveal the extraordinary technological advances and devastating failures of the diamond industry. Along the way, readers will be introduced to the brilliant, often eccentric and controversial, pioneers of high-pressure research who have harnessed crushing pressures and scorching temperatures to transform almost any carbon-rich material, from road tar to peanut butter, into the most prized of all gems. Robert M. Hazen is the author of fifteen books, including the bestseller, Science Matters: Achieving Scientific Literacy, which he wrote with James Trefil. Dr. Hazen has won numerous awards for his research and scientific writing.
  
   

• Hardness Estimation of Minerals, Rocks and Ceramic Materials (Materials Science Monographs)

  Andrzej M. Szymanski, Janusz Mikolaj Szymanski

  
  The mechanical properties of minerals constitute a sparsely investigated field of study compared with other areas of mineral physics. The minerals for which all crystallomechanical parameters are known are few, and until now it has not been possible to state unequivocally whether one mechanical property alone could be adequately used in defining most minerals. For this reason, it is essential that the mechanical properties and deformations of minerals be investigated, treating mineral crystallomechanics as a section of mineralogy equal in importance to crystallo-optics and crystallochemistry, for example. This book provides a survey of hardness test methods in current worldwide use, and includes examples indicating the merits and deficiencies of these methods. The ample references included in the text are given particularly to enable the reader to broaden his knowledge in a given field. The tables found at the end of the book, as well as the hardness tests results from various methods included in the text itself, are meant to serve as a rough guide in the choice of appropriate test method, whilst simultaneously providing the reader with reference details.
  
   

• High-Pressure Research: Application to Earth and Planetary Sciences (Geophysical Monograph)

  Yasuhiko Syono