Energy partition during mineral formation and subsequent recrystallization is controlled by thermodynamics. The minimum energy configuration gives the stability of a phase. To understand a system in terms of thermodynamic laws, energy distribution, entropy change is explained in this chapter.
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Mukherjee, S. (2011). Energetics, Thermodynamics and Stability of Minerals. In Applied Mineralogy (pp. 213–230). Springer Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1162-4_8
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