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PETROLOGY AND SILICATE TECHNOLOGY *
Author(s) -
Bowen Norman L.
Publication year - 1943
Publication title -
journal of the american ceramic society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.9
H-Index - 196
eISSN - 1551-2916
pISSN - 0002-7820
DOI - 10.1111/j.1151-2916.1943.tb15216.x
Subject(s) - mineral , silicate , geology , crust , natural (archaeology) , earth materials , earth (classical element) , mineralogy , geochemistry , earth science , engineering , materials science , metallurgy , geotechnical engineering , chemical engineering , paleontology , physics , mathematical physics
A bstract Petrology is concerned with the rocks and mineral deposits of the earth's crust. Like all natural sciences, it developed through a descriptive stage in which the principal emphasis was placed on the collection and correlation of facts. Interpretation recently has been increasingly stressed, and it has been realized that to reach reliable conclusions regarding the origin of earth materials experiment is an indispensable aid. The petrologist, acting on this conviction, has studied the behavior of various earth materials subjected in the laboratory to a wide range of temperatures, pressures, and chemical environment. He has thus been enabled to reach certain conclusions regarding the conditions to which these materials wfere subjected during the natural processes by which they were formed. Inevitably he discovered a great many facts of service to the mineral technologist. Some of the industrial processes developed by the mineral technologist have in return served to supplement the laboratory experiments of the petrologist. Some aspects of this mutual service of mineral technology and petrology are discussed.