The definition of physical and chemical properties of “industrial” nonsilicate
and silicate minerals.
Technical utilisation of rocks. Criteria for the utilisation of rocks as
crushed aggregate and ornamental stones. Primary and secondary raw materials
for glass making and stoneware manufacturing. Petrositales as part of glass
ceramics.
Anthropogeneous deposits as a source of non-traditional raw materials in
cement, building and other industries.
Genetic types of coals, macropetrographical classification,
micropetrographical classification, maceral groups, microlithotypes.
Literature
Kogel, J. E. et al. Industrial minerals and rocks. Comodities, Markets and Uses. Society for Mining, metalurgy and Exploration, Littleton, Colorado, USA, 2006.
Raymond, L. Petrology : the study of igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic rocks.
WCB/McGraw-Hill, Boston, c1995.
Advised literature
Tomkeieff, S. I. Dictionary of Petrology. John Wiley and Sons, New York,
c1983.
Taylor, G. H. et al. Organic Petrology. Gebrüder Borntraeger, Berlin,
Stuttgart, 1998.