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SUNAGAWA, I. 2005. Crystals. Growth, Morphology and Perfection.

xii + 295 pp. Cambridge, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University Press. Price £55.00, US $95.00 (hard covers). ISBN 0 521 84189 5.

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Understanding the processes of crystal growth from solutions and melts is central to many aspects of geology and also to a wide variety of industrial processes. This new book by Professor Sunagawa aims to give a comprehensive and up to date overview of crystal nucleation and growth. The book sets out to explain how crystal form and habit are products of growth history and that the mechanisms of growth are recorded in various ways. The book is a distillation of the author’s experience in over half a century’s research on crystal growth.

The first part of the book covers the fundamental concepts and contains . . . [Full Text of this Article]