Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction -- 2. Practical Equipment -- 2.1. Containers -- 2.2. Milling -- 2.3. Fabrication of Ceramic Monoliths -- 2.4. Furnaces -- 2.5. Powder X-ray Diffractometry -- 3. Artificial Cuprorivaite CaCuSi4O10 (Egyptian Blue) by a Salt-Flux Method -- 4. Artificial Covellite CuS by a Solid-Vapour Reaction -- 5. Turbostratic Boron Nitride t-BN by a Solid-Gas Reaction Using Ammonia as the Nitriding Reagent -- 6. Rubidium Copper Iodide Chloride Rb4Cu16I7Cl13 by a Solid-State Reaction -- 7. Copper Titanium Zirconium Phosphate CuTiZr(PO4)3 by a Solid-State Reaction Using Ammonium Dihydrogenphosphate as the Phosphating Reagent -- 8. Cobalt Ferrite CoFe2O4 by a Coprecipitation Method -- 9. Lead Zirconate Titanate PbZr0.52Ti0.48O3 by a Coprecipitation Method Followed by Calcination

10. Yttrium Barium Cuprate YBa2Cu3O7-δ(δ ~ 0) by a Solid-State Reaction Followed by Oxygen Intercalation -- 11. Single Crystals of Ordered Zinc-Tin Phosphide ZnSnP2 by a Solution-Growth Technique Using Molten Tin as the Solvent -- 12. Artificial Kieftite CoSb3 by an Antimony Self-Flux Method -- 13. Artificial Violarite FeNi2S4 by a Hydrothermal Method Using DL-Penicillamine as the Sulfiding Reagent -- 14. Artificial Willemite Zn1.96Mn0.04SiO4 by a Hybrid Coprecipitation and Sol-Gel Method -- 15. Artificial Scheelite CaWO4 by a Microwave-Assisted Solid-State Metathetic Reaction -- 16. Artificial Hackmanite Na8[Al6Si6O24]Cl1.8S0.1 by a Structure-Conversion Method with Annealing Under a Reducing Atmosphere -- 17. Gold-Ruby Glass from a Potassium-Antimony-Borosilicate Melt with a Controlled Annealing.