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.