Contents Paolo Fulignati Fluid inclusion evidence on the direct exsolution of magmatic brines from a granite intrusion beneath the eastern sector of Larderello geothermal field (Italy) P. Ramesh Chandra Phani and V.V.N. Raju A New kimberlite pipe in Balkamthota Vanka, Pennahobilam, Anantapur district, Andhra Pradesh, India. Field aspects and preliminary investigations Barbara Bonechi, Cristina Perinelli, Mario Gaeta, Vanni Tecchiato, Serena F. Granati Experimental constraints on amphibole stability in primitive alkaline and calc-alkaline magmas Bibhuti Gogoi, Ashima Saikia, Mansoor Ahmad Titanite-centered ocellar texture:A petrological tool to unravel the mechanism enhancing magma mixing Giulio Morteani and Dieter Rhede The multi-fluid metasomatic genesis of the Archean Poona emerald deposit (Murchison Province, Western Australia): microtextures, geochemistry and stable oxygen isotopes

Monika Huraiová, Patrik Konečný, Ivan Holický, Stanislava Milovská,Ondrej Nemec, Vratislav Hurai - Mineralogy and origin of peralkaline granite-syenite nodules ejected in Pleistocenebasalt from Bulhary, southern Slovakia Laura Medeghini and Lorenzo Nigro - Khirbet al-Batrawy ceramics: a systematic mineralogical and petrographic study for investigating the material culture Liam A. Bullock, Ralf Gertisser, Brian O’Driscoll - Spherulite formation in obsidian lavas in the Aeolian Islands, Italy Simone Pollastri, Natale Perchiazzi, Lara Gigli, Paolo Ferretti, Alessandro Cavallo, Nicola Bursi Gandolfi, Kilian Pollok, Alessandro F. Gualtieri - The crystal structure of mineral fibes. 2. Amosite and fibous anthophyllite Nima Nezafati and Morteza Hessari - Tappeh Shoghali; A signifiant early silver production site in North Central Iran Shanke Liu, Jiaju Li, Jianming Liu -An updated model of Rietveld structure refinement of Na/-feldspar

Contents Simone Pollastri, Lara Gigli, Paolo Ferretti, Giovanni B. Andreozzi, Nicola Bursi Gandolfi, Kilian Pollok , Alessandro F. Gualtieri -The crystal structure of mineral fibes. 3. Actinolite asbestos Dmitry A. Chebotarev, Anna G. Doroshkevich, Reiner Klemd, Nikolay S. Karmanov - Evolution of Nb-mineralization in the Chuktukon carbonatite massif, Chadobets upland (Krasnoyarsk Territory, Russia) Nicola Mondillo, Giuseppina Balassone, Maria Boni, Antonio Marino, Giuseppe Arfè - Evaluation of the amount of rare earth elements -REE in the Silius fluorie vein system (SE Sardinia, Italy). Fuat Yavuz and Zeynep Döner - WinAmptb: A Windows program for calcic amphibole thermobarometry Marcella Di Bella, Francesco Italiano, Davide Romano, Alessandro Tripodo, Giuseppe Sabatino - Geochemistry and tectonic setting of triassic magmatism from the Lercara Basin (Sicily, Italy) Silvio Mollo, Francesco Vetere, Harald Beherens, Vanni Tecchiato, Antonio Langone, Piergiorgio Scarlato, Diego Perugini - The effect of degassing and volatile exsolution on the composition of a trachybasaltic melt decompressed at slow and fast rates

From long-standing worries regarding the use of lead and asbestos to recent research into carcinogenic issues related to the use of plastics in construction, there is growing concern regarding the potential toxic effects of building materials on health. Toxicity of building materials provides an essential guide to this important problem and its solutions. Beginning with an overview of the material types and potential health hazards presented by building materials, the book goes on to consider key plastic materials. Materials responsible for formaldehyde and volatile organic compound emissions, as well as semi-volatile organic compounds, are then explored in depth, before a review of wood preservatives and mineral fibre-based building materials. Issues related to the use of radioactive materials and materials that release toxic fumes during burning are the focus of subsequent chapters, followed by discussion of the range of heavy metals, materials prone to mould growth, and antimicrobials. Finally, Toxicity of building materials concludes by considering the potential hazards posed by waste based/recycled building materials, and the toxicity of nanoparticles. With its distinguished editors and international team of expert contributors, Toxicity of building materials is an invaluable tool for all civil engineers, materials researchers, scientists and educators working in the field of building materials. Provides an essential guide to the potential toxic effects of building materials on health Comprehensively examines materials responsible for formaldehyde and volatile organic compound emissions, as well as semi-volatile organic compounds Later chapters focus on issues surrounding the use of radioactive materials and materials that release toxic fumes during burning

This book offers as comprehensive an overview as possible of the lithostratigraphy of the Italian region of Sicily, taking into account the multiplicity of formational and terminological variability developed over more than a century of studies and publications. It presents stratigraphic terminology, the geological lexicon and the main stratigraphic subdivisions that are not familiar to Sicilian geologists. The new stratigraphic methods and the use of formations as mapping units have prompted the acquisition of new lithostratigraphic data, and a review of the previous units and their comparison with the new collected data, enabling the definition of a number of new lithostratigraphic units. The book summarizes the results in 77 worksheets containing the most important information regarding the lithological, sedimentological and microfacies characteristics, the measured thicknesses, areal extent and the regional aspects, the paleoenvironmental, paleogeographic and paleo-tectonics setting, compiled according to standard procedures and nomenclature rules provided by the International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS).

The study of the Earth’s origin, its composition, the processes that changed and shaped it over time and the fossils preserved in rocks, have occupied enquiring minds from ancient times. The contributions in this volume trace the history of ideas and the research of scholars in a wide range of geological disciplines that have paved the way to our present-day understanding and knowledge of the physical nature of our planet and the diversity of life that inhabited it. To mark the 50th anniversary of the founding of the International Commission on the History of Geology (INHIGEO), the book features contributions that give insights into its establishment and progress. In other sections authors reflect on the value of studying the history of the geosciences and provide accounts of early investigations in fields as diverse as tectonics, volcanology, geomorphology, vertebrate palaeontology and petroleum geology. Other papers discuss the establishment of geological surveys, the contribution of women to geology and biographical sketches of noted scholars in various fields of geoscience.

Examines key technological innovations, knowledge transfer, connectivity and social meaning in the ancient and Medieval Sahara.