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DEER, W. A., HOWIE, R. A., WISE, W. S. & ZUSSMAN, J. 2004. Rock-Forming Minerals. Volume 4B. Framework Silicates: Silica Minerals. Feldspathoids and the Zeolites, 2nd ed.

xv + 982 pp. London, Bath: Geological Society of London. Price £125.00, US $209.00; GSL/IGI members’ price £62.50, US $104.00; AAPG/SEPM/GSA/RAS members’ price £75.00, US $125.00 (hard covers). ISBN 1 86239 144 0.

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This is the eighth part of the second edition of the Rock-Forming Minerals and we await only two more parts (3B: Sheet Silicates: Non-Micas, and 5A: Non-Silicates: Oxides, Hydroxides and Sulphides) to complete the set. For the current volume the famous trio was joined by Professor W. S. Wise, of the University of California at Santa Barbara, who helped share the enormous load in revising this volume. At near 1000 pages, it is more than twice the size of the whole of Volume 4 in the first edition. Volume 4B covers the silica minerals, the . . . [Full Text of this Article]