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Table 11  1. Elements  142 
  2. Oxides  143 
  3. Hydrous and hydrated oxides  146 
  4. Binary aluminates  148 
  5. Binary borates  149 
  6. Binary oxide systems  150 
  7. Three or more oxides (except SiO2 152 
  8. Binary silicates  153 
  9. Ternary and higher silicate systems  155 
  10. Aluminosilicates  158 
  11. Borosilicates  161 
  12. Miscellaneous systems containing silicates  161 
  13. Hydrothermal alteration of silicates and other minerals  162 
  14. Carbonates  163 
  15. Sulfates  164 
  16. Oxygen salts  166 
  17. Haloids  168 
  18. Sulfide-type minerals  170 
  19. Ternary sulfides  173 
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Table 11  1. Elements  142 
  2. Oxides  143 
  3. Hydrous and hydrated oxides  146 
  4. Binary aluminates  148 
  5. Binary borates  149 
  6. Binary oxide systems  150 
  7. Three or more oxides (except SiO2 152 
  8. Binary silicates  153 
  9. Ternary and higher silicate systems  155 
  10. Aluminosilicates  158 
  11. Borosilicates  161 
  12. Miscellaneous systems containing silicates  161 
  13. Hydrothermal alteration of silicates and other minerals  162 
  14. Carbonates  163 
  15. Sulfates  164 
  16. Oxygen salts  166 
  17. Haloids  168 
  18. Sulfide-type minerals  170 
  19. Ternary sulfides  173 

Scope of the tables.—These tables list the melting (congruent and incongruent) temperatures, boiling temperatures, and transition temperatures for the more important substances of interest to the geologist, the geochemist, and the petrologist. Eutectic and related data are given when the substance under discussion has been studied as a part of a binary or higher system. The aim in compiling the tables has been to describe the known thermal reactions of the compounds and the systems briefly, but in enough detail to be of use to an investigator in the field where extensive reference books are usually not available.

Arrangement.—The entries are arranged alphabetically by chemical symbol (elements) or formula (compounds). Compounds composed of two or more oxides (except carbonates, sulfates, and other oxygen salts) are entered in the increasing alphabetical order of the constituent oxides.

Mineralogical names are given following the nomenclature employed in Dana-Ford : Textbook of mineralogy (John Wiley and Sons Inc., New York).

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