Section 1 Introduction -- Section 2 Contrast -- 2.1 Fundamentals of Electron Microscopy -- 2.2 Interpretation of Electron Diffraction Patterns -- 2.3 Contrast Effects at Planar Interfaces -- 2.4 Computer Simulation of Dislocation Images in Quartz -- 2.5 The Direct Imaging of Crystal Structures -- 2.6 A Comparison of Bright Field and Dark Field Imaging of Pyrrhotite Structures -- Section 3 Experimental Techniques -- Section 4 Exsolution -- 4.1 Exsolution in Silicates -- 4.2 Coarsening in a Spinodally Decomposing System: TiO2-SnO2 -- 4.3 Magnetite Lamellae in Reduced Hematites -- 4.4 Precipitation in the Ilmenite-hematite System -- 4.5 Pigeonite Exsolution from Augite -- 4.6 The Transformation of Pigeonite to Orthopyroxene -- 4.7 On the Detailed Structure of Ledges in an Augite-enstatite Interface -- 4.8 The Phase Distributions in Some Exsolved Amphiboles -- 4.9 Physical Aspects of Exsolution in Natural Alkali Feldspars -- 4.10 Analytical Electron Microscopy of Exsolution Lamellae in Plagioclase Feldspars -- 4.11 Exsolution in Metamorphic Bytownite -- Section 5 Polymorphic Phase Transitions -- 5.1 Polymorphic Phase Transitions in Minerals -- 5.2 Direct Observation of Iron Vacancies in Polytypes of Pyrrhotite -- 5.3 Rutile: Planar Defects and Derived Structures -- 5.4 High-resolution Electron Microscopy of Unit Cell Twinning in Enstatite -- 5.5 Polytypism in Wollastonite -- 5.6 High-resolution Electron Microscopy of Labradorite Feldspar -- 5.7 Origin of the (c) Domains of Anorthite -- 5.8 On Polymorphism of BaAl2Si2O8 -- 5.9 The Submicroscopic Structure of Wenkite -- Section 6 Deformation Defects -- 6.1 Deformation Structures in Minerals -- 6.2 Work Hardening and Creep Deformation of Corundum Single Crystals -- 6.3 Dislocation Structures in Synthetic Quartz -- 6.4 The Microstructure of Some Naturally Deformed Quartzites -- 6.5 Defects in Deformed Calcite and Carbonate Rocks -- 6.6 Plasticity of Olivine in Peridotites -- 6.7 The Role of Crystal Defects in the Shear-induced Transformation of Orthoenstatite to Clinoenstatite -- Section 7 Special Techniques and Applications -- 7.1 Amorphous Materials -- 7.2 Signals Excited by the Scanning Beam -- 7.3 Analytical Electron Microscopy of Minerals -- 7.4 X-ray Microanalysis Using a Scanning Electron Microscope -- 7.5 Quantitative X-ray Microanalysis of Thin Foils -- 7.6 Particle Track Studies -- 7.7 Stony Meteorites -- 7.8 Microcracks in Crystalline Rocks.
