Volume 17 of Reviews in Mineralogy is based on a short course, entitled "Thermodynamic Modeling of Geological Materials: Minerals, Fluids amd Melts," October 22-25, 1987, at the Wickenburg Inn near Phoenix, Arizona.

Contents:
Thermodynamic Analysis of Phase Equilibria in Simple Mineral Systems
Models of Crystalline solutions
Thermodynamics of Multicomponent Systems Containing Several Solid Solutions
Thermodynamic Model for Aqueous Solutions of Liquid-like Density
Models of Mineral Solubility in Concentrated Brines with Application to Field Observations
Calculation of the Thermodynamic Properties of Aqueous Species and the Solubilities of Minerals in Supercritical Electrolyte Solutions
Igneous Fluids
Ore Fluids: Magmatic to Supergene
Thermodynamic Models of Molecular Fluids at the Elevated Pressures and Temperatures of Crustal Metamorphism
Mineral Solubilities and Speciation in Supercritical Metamorphic Fluids
Development of Models for Multicomponent Melts: Analysis of Synthetic Systems
Modeling Magmatic Systems: Thermodynamic Relations
Modeling Magmatic Systems: Petrologic Applications