Handbook of Mineral Spectroscopy, Volume 2

The second in a four-volume set, Handbook of Mineral Spectroscopy, Volume 2: Infrared Spectra, presents a database of Infrared spectra, showing both full spectra and high-resolution spectral regions with band component analyses of the rock-forming and major ore minerals. IR of minerals is a very powerful technique for analyzing the different vibrational modes of minerals (in particular functional groups) but also the local environment of atoms in a crystal structure. The book includes a section on silicates and one on non-silicates, subdivided according to the normal mineral classes.

The Handbook of Mineral Spectroscopy, Volume 2: Infrared Spectra is a go-to guide for anyone working with minerals and can be used for research and writing or as a handbook in the laboratory while running analyses of minerals.