Applied Mineralogy is available to be downloaded here now.
- Title: Applied Mineralogy – Application in Industry and Environment
- Author: Swapna Mukherjee
- Publisher: Springer
- Pages: 584
The book “Applied Mineralogy: Applications in Industry and Environment” by Dr. Swapna Mukherjee is a major stride forward due to several reasons. First, the content is rather unique and combines very elegantly theoretical aspects of mineralogy with applied aspects, such as industrial and environmental applications. In line with the requirements of the specific scientific discipline in this century and of the societal relevance, students need to be exposed to both the sides. The book can be used both for undergraduate and post-graduate studies in Indian universities/institutes, as well as in any similar course all over the world. Secondly, it will be readily available for Indian students, and to the best of my knowledge, there is no other similar book available in the Indian market.
Finally, the book reflects the author’s depth of understanding of the diverse issues. The author has vast experience, as holder of key positions in one of India’s international standard laboratories, in research related to both theoretical mineralogy and its applications. The first part of the book deals essentially with theoretical basis and developments in the subject, and the same trend continues in the first section of the second part. The later sections in part two and the whole of the part three deal with applications, and these sections are exceptionally well dealt with. This is perhaps reflecting the exposure of the author in these fields and her expertise.
Lastly, I would like to congratulate the author for bringing out this much needed book, which certainly fills up a void.
Mineralogy, a multidisciplinary subject, is essential for understanding Earth science. In microscopic scale, this subject involves both physics and chemistry in understanding the formation processes of minerals, ore deposits, and other similarly related aspects. This book introduces widely different aspects of mineralogy, explaining each of those features with examples to the post-graduate and graduate level students. Particular emphasis is given for the general understanding of mineralogy for average students, and for specially motivated students it creates a reference platform for higher learning of mineralogy and its importance in geology, materials science and environmental science.
This book approaches the subject of mineralogy in a simple way so that no special prior training (except the basic knowledge of physics and chemistry) is needed for its understanding. Subsequently it takes the reader to the higher levels explaining the utility of the subject in various fields, including the industrial, gemological and medicinal uses.