Antiquity

TIME TABLE

From Medieval Age to rebirth

18 th century

geometrical crystallography

regional and applied mineralogy

physical properties of minerals

methods and techniques

19 th century

1800 -1849

crystallography

methods and techniques

mineralogy of rocks

chemical and physical properties of minerals

1850 -1899

microscopic observation, petrography

physical properties of minerals

experimental mineralogy

crystallography

20 th century

1900-1949

classifications, atlas

methods and techniques

high pressures and high temperatures minerals

thermodynamics and geochemistry

X-ray crystallography

1950-1998

classifications, atlas

methods and techniques

mineralogy of Earth's crust and core

minerals related to metamorphism

thermodynamics and geochemistry