Physics and Chemistry of Minerals is an international journal devoted to publishing articles and short communications of physical or chemical studies on minerals or solids related to minerals. Coverage emphasizes applications of modern techniques or new theories and models to interpret atomic structures and physical or chemical properties of minerals. The range of topics includes relationships between atomic structure and crystalline state; general solid state spectroscopy; experimental and theoretical analysis of chemical bonding in minerals; physical properties; relations between thermal expansion, compressibility, elastic constants, and fundamental properties of atomic structure, particularly as applied to geophysical problems; electron microscopy in support of physical and chemical studies; computational methods in the study of the structure and properties of minerals; mineral surfaces, and more.

《礦物的物理和化學(xué)》是一份國際期刊，致力于發(fā)表有關(guān)礦物或與礦物有關(guān)的固體的物理或化學(xué)研究的文章和簡短通訊。報道強(qiáng)調(diào)應(yīng)用現(xiàn)代技術(shù)或新理論和模型來解釋礦物的原子結(jié)構(gòu)和物理或化學(xué)性質(zhì)。主題范圍包括原子結(jié)構(gòu)和晶體狀態(tài)之間的關(guān)系;一般固體光譜學(xué);礦物化學(xué)鍵合的實驗與理論分析物理性質(zhì);熱膨脹、壓縮性、彈性常數(shù)與原子結(jié)構(gòu)基本性質(zhì)之間的關(guān)系，特別是應(yīng)用于地球物理問題時;支持物理和化學(xué)研究的電子顯微鏡;研究礦物結(jié)構(gòu)和性質(zhì)的計算方法;礦物表面，等等。