List of illustrations

   1 Crystals and crystal
structures

(a) From Vaughan D. J. & Craig J. R.,
Mineral Chemistry of Metal Sulfides
(1978), fig. 2.3, p. 39. Cambridge
University Press; (e&f) From Phillips
F. C., An Introduction to
Crystallography (1963). Wiley,
New York

   2 Unit cells of the seven crystal
systems

From Whittaker, E. J. W.,
Crystallography: An introduction for
Earth Science (and other solid-state)
students. © 1981 E. J. W. Whittaker.
Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights
reserved

   3 The silicate mineral crystal
structures

   4 Minerals seen using the
optical microscope

(a) From MacKenzie & Guilford,
Atlas of Rock-Forming Minerals
(1980), Longman/Pearson
(b) © The author

   5 X-ray diffraction

(a) © Science Source/Science Photo
Library

   6 Synchrotron radiation

(a) © Denis Morel, ESRF

   7 Transmission electron
microscopy

(a&b) From Cutting R. S., Coker, V. S.,
Fellowes, J. R., Lloyd, J. R., Vaughan,
D. J., ‘Mineralogical and morphological
constraints on the reduction of Fe(III)
minerals by Geobacter sulfurreducens’,
Geochimica et Cosmochinica Acta,
(2009), v. 73, pp. 4004–4022, with
permission from Elsevier; (c) From
I. Dódonya & P. R. Busecka,
‘Serpentines Close-Up and Intimate:
An HRTEM View’, International
Geology Review, Volume 46, Issue 6
(2004), pp. 507–527, fig. 12A on p. 516

   8 Environmental scanning
electron microscope image

From Wilkins, M. J., Wincott, P. L.,
Vaughan, D. J., ‘Growth of Geobacter
sulfurreducens on Poorly Crystalline
Fe(III) Oxyhydroxide Coatings’,
Geomicrobiology Journal (2007),
fig. 8, v. 24, pp. 199–204, with
permission from Taylor & Francis Ltd

   9 Scanning tunnelling
microscope images

(a) From Rosso, K. M. and Vaughan
D. J., ‘Reactivity of Sulfide Mineral
Surfaces’, Reviews in Mineralogy and
Geochemistry (2006), v. 61,
pp. 557–607, fig. 8. Mineralogical
Society of America; (b) From Becker
U., Munz, A. W, Lennie A. R.,
Thornton G., and Vaughan D. J., ‘The
atomic and electronic structure of the
(001) surface of monoclinic
pyrrhotite (Fe7S8) as studied using
STM, LEED and quantum
mechanical calculations’, Surface
Science (1997), v. 389, pp. 66–87, with
permission from Elsevier

   10 A cross-section through a part
of the lithosphere

From Craig J. R., Vaughan D. J., and
Skinner B. J., Earth Resources and the
Environment (4th ed., 2011), fig. 2.4.
Pearson Prentice-Hall (© Pearson
Education Inc)

   11 The interior of the Earth

(a) From Craig J. R., Vaughan D. J.,
and Skinner B. J., Earth Resources
and the Environment (4th ed., 2011),
fig. 2.1. Pearson Prentice-Hall (©
Pearson Education Inc); (b) From M.
Redfern, Journey to the Centre of the
Earth: The New Geology (1991),
Bristol: Broadcast Books

   12 High pressure
experiments

(b) Courtesy of Almax easyLab

   13 The rock cycle

   14 The crystal structure of
the clay mineral
montmorillonite

From Krauskopf, Introduction to
Geochemistry (1967), fig. 7.5.
© McGraw Hill

   15 Surface complexation

From Rosso, K. M. and Vaughan D. J.,
‘Reactivity of Sulfide Mineral
Surfaces’, Reviews in Mineralogy and
Geochemistry (2006), v. 61,
pp. 557–607, fig. 32. Mineralogical
Society of America

   16 Direct bioreduction of a ferric
oxide mineral

From Lloyd, J. R., ‘Microbial
reduction of metals and
radionuclides’, FEMS Microbiology
Reviews Vol. 27, Issues 2–3 (June
2003), pp. 411–425. Wiley-Blackwell

   17 The ‘opaline’ silica skeleton of
a radiolarian

From Perry, C. C., ‘Silicification: The
Processes by Which Organisms
Capture and Mineralize Silica’,
Reviews in Mineralogy and
Geochemistry (January 2003), v. 54,
pp. 291–327. Mineralogical Society of
America

   18 A double chain of magnetite
crystals in a magnetotactic
bacterium

From Pósfai, M. and Dunin-
Borkowski, R. E., ‘Sulfides in
Biosystems’, Reviews in Mineralogy
and Geochemistry (2006), v. 61,
pp. 679–714. Mineralogical Society of
America

   19 A cross-section through the
subsurface in a region above a
shallow intrusion of an
igneous rock

From Craig J. R., Vaughan D. J., and
Skinner B. J., Earth Resources and the
Environment (4th ed., 2011), fig. 2.3.
Pearson Prentice-Hall (© Pearson
Education Inc)

   20 A modern large open-pit
mining operation

© Lee Prince/Shutterstock

   21 A cross-section of
the shallow subsurface
where the minerals of a
peridotite rock are being
weathered

From Craig J. R., Vaughan D. J., and
Skinner B. J., Earth Resources and the
Environment (4th ed., 2011), fig. 8.10.
Pearson Prentice-Hall (© Pearson
Education Inc)

   22 A cross-section of the
lithosphere and uppermost
mantle illustrating the plate
tectonic settings of certain
kinds of mineral deposits

From Skinner & Porter, Physical
Geology (1987), fig. 22.8. Wiley,
New York

   23 A hypothetical illustration of
sources of copper for future
exploitation

From Craig J. R., Vaughan D. J., and
Skinner B. J., Earth Resources and the
Environment (4th ed., 2011), fig. 13.6.
Pearson Prentice-Hall (© Pearson
Education Inc)

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