The 30th International Geological Congress was held in Beijing, China in August 1997. Leading scientists convened to present their findings and views to the international geological research community. Volume 16 of 26 focuses on mineralogy. All articles in the proceedings have been refereed and keynote papers have been included in Volume 1. These proceedings aim to present a view of contemporary geology and should be of interest to researchers in the geological sciences.
Defects in natural diamonds depending on geological environment, T. Scherer et al; polysomatic relationships in some titanosilicates occurring in the hyperagpaitic alkaline rocks of the Kola Peninsula, Russia, G. Ferraris et al; fine structures and crystallographic orientations in biogenic magnetite observed by TEM, J. Akai and A. Iida; TEM study of microstructure of omphacite in high-pressure and ultrahigh-pressure eclogites, Meng Dawei et al; ordered-disordered stacking structure along the c-axis in calcium rare-earth fluorocarbonate minerals, Wu Xiuling et al; thermodynamic properties of minerals - the application of Kieffer's model, Ji-an Xu; the influence of water on the partitioning of Fe and Mg between olivine and orthopyroxene, Xu Yousheng et al; mineral mapping in Jiaodong gold province, China, Chen Guangyuan et al; the significance of manganese oxides in the laterite profile at the Igarape Bahia gold deposit, Carajas, Brazil, Weisheng Zang et al; mineral surface composition of rocks and ores of the Golden Giant gold deposit of Hemlo, Ontario, Canada, Yuan Chen et al; the formation and evolution of the minerals in the Jinchuan Cu-Ni deposit, Gansu province, China, Cao Yawen et al; reaction space - transition from eclogite to amphibolite facies in an ultra-high pressure metamorphic terrane from Zhucheng, Shandong, E. China, Lai Xingyun and Su Shangguo; alternative analysis of room temperature IR-spectra of quartz, G.V. Novikov et al; spectropic study of diatomite in Leizhou Peninsula, China, Wang Fuya et al; physical properties of silicate glasses, D.J.M. Burkhard; plasticity of YAIO3 and YAI3O5 at high temperature - implication in searching for strong materials, Zichao Wang; revisiting the kaolinite-mullite reaction series - a 29Si and 27A1 MAS NMR study, Guo Jiugao et al; study of applied mineralogy of ores from Weigang Iron Mine, China, Chen Zhaoxi and Xu Zhenhong; CISMMI - a computer information system for microscopic mineral identification, M.M. Boldyreva et al; computer graphics of crystal shape, Fenna Zhou et al; melt inclusions in eclogites from high-pressure and ultra-high pressure metamorphic belt in the Dabie Mountains, China, Han Yujing et al; study on the silicate melt inclusions in accessory minerals of various igneous rocks in China, Li Zhaolin; geology and fluid inclusions studies on Keketuohai No.3 rare-element pegmatite, Xinjiang, Northwest China, Huan-zhang Lu and Zhonggang Wang.