The book contains collected papers of the II International Conference "Crystallogenesis and Mineralogy" (St. Petersburg, October 1-5, 2007), organized by the Department of Crystallography and Department of Mineralogy at the Geological Faculty of St. Petersburg State University (Russia) jointly with the Institute of Mineralogy and Crystallography at Christian-Albrechts University (Kiel, Germany) and Department of Geo- and Environmental Sciences at Ludwig-Maximilians University (Munich, Germany). The Conference is devoted to the development of fundamental crystallogenesis and its implications in mineralogy: crystal growing and modeling of mineral formation processes; analysis of genetic character of crystal chemistry and crystal morphology of minerals; studies of aggregate structures; investigations of crystallogenesis of organic and biomineralogical matter; research of nano-phases and nano-processes. The Conference is dedicated to the 100^th anniversary of Professor V.B. Tatarsky birthday (1907–1993), outstanding Russian crystallographer and mineralogist who made significant contributions into the fields of mineral formation, crystal growing, and crystal optics.

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