Author: Frederick H. Pough
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780395910962
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 558
Book Description
Describes hundreds of minerals and lists their geographic distribution, physical properties, chemical composition, and crystalline structure.
Peterson First Guide to Rocks and Minerals
Author: Frederick H. Pough
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780395935439
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Written and designed for the beginner, this book describes and illustrates the most common and interesting rocks and minerals, from simple sandstone to exotic gems. Illustrated with dozens of beautiful color photographs, it tells how these rocks and minerals formed and how to identify them--and includes tips on collecting. 175 color photographs, 12 line drawings.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780395935439
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Written and designed for the beginner, this book describes and illustrates the most common and interesting rocks and minerals, from simple sandstone to exotic gems. Illustrated with dozens of beautiful color photographs, it tells how these rocks and minerals formed and how to identify them--and includes tips on collecting. 175 color photographs, 12 line drawings.
Simon & Schuster's Guide to Rocks and Minerals
Author: Simon & Schuster
Publisher: Touchstone
ISBN: 9780671244170
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 612
Book Description
An easy to use field guide that contains everything rock and mineral enthusiasts need to know with more than 1,000 spectacular illustrations—600 in full color! Practical, concise, and easy to use, Simon & Schuster’s Guide to Rocks and Minerals contains everything that the rock and mineral enthusiast needs to know. This field guide is divided into two large sections—one devoted to minerals and one to rocks, each prefaced by a comprehensive introduction that discusses formation, chemistry, and more. All 377 entries, beautifully illustrated with color photographs and helpful visual symbols, provide descriptions and practical information about appearance, classification, rarity, crystal formation, mode of occurrence, gravity of mineral, rock chemistry, modal classification fields, formational environments, grain sizes of rocks, and much more. Whether you are a serious collector or an information-seeking amateur, this incomparably beautiful, authoritative guide will prove an invaluable reference.
Publisher: Touchstone
ISBN: 9780671244170
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 612
Book Description
An easy to use field guide that contains everything rock and mineral enthusiasts need to know with more than 1,000 spectacular illustrations—600 in full color! Practical, concise, and easy to use, Simon & Schuster’s Guide to Rocks and Minerals contains everything that the rock and mineral enthusiast needs to know. This field guide is divided into two large sections—one devoted to minerals and one to rocks, each prefaced by a comprehensive introduction that discusses formation, chemistry, and more. All 377 entries, beautifully illustrated with color photographs and helpful visual symbols, provide descriptions and practical information about appearance, classification, rarity, crystal formation, mode of occurrence, gravity of mineral, rock chemistry, modal classification fields, formational environments, grain sizes of rocks, and much more. Whether you are a serious collector or an information-seeking amateur, this incomparably beautiful, authoritative guide will prove an invaluable reference.
A Field Guide to Western Butterflies
Author: Paul A. Opler
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780395791516
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 566
Book Description
This all-new edition includes information on more than 590 species, illustrated in lifelike positions in 44 beautiful color plates. 110 color photos. Line drawings & maps.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780395791516
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 566
Book Description
This all-new edition includes information on more than 590 species, illustrated in lifelike positions in 44 beautiful color plates. 110 color photos. Line drawings & maps.
A Field Guide to Rocky Mountain and Southwest Forests
Author: John C. Kricher
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780395928974
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
This comprehensive field guide includes all the flora and fauna you're most likely to see in the forest communities of the Rocky Mountains and the Southwest. It includes 53 color plates and more than 80 color photos illustrating trees, birds, mammals, wildflowers, mushrooms, reptiles and amphibians, butterflies, beetles, and other insects.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780395928974
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
This comprehensive field guide includes all the flora and fauna you're most likely to see in the forest communities of the Rocky Mountains and the Southwest. It includes 53 color plates and more than 80 color photos illustrating trees, birds, mammals, wildflowers, mushrooms, reptiles and amphibians, butterflies, beetles, and other insects.
Minerals of the World
Author: Walter Schumann
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 140275339X
Category : Minerals
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
It's the classic work revised and updated! Identify over 500 of the most collectible minerals quickly and easily with this fully photographed field guide. And this new reissue makes identification easier, with new cleavability ratings for each entry alongside the handy classifications based on streak colour, Mohs' hardness and specific gravity. A complete introductory discussion of mineral forms and properties explains the essential criteria for recognition, and each of the hundreds of minerals (from Ankerite to Zinwaldite) is accompanied by information on its fracture, luster, chemical formula, aggregates, distinguishing characteristics and localities.
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 140275339X
Category : Minerals
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
It's the classic work revised and updated! Identify over 500 of the most collectible minerals quickly and easily with this fully photographed field guide. And this new reissue makes identification easier, with new cleavability ratings for each entry alongside the handy classifications based on streak colour, Mohs' hardness and specific gravity. A complete introductory discussion of mineral forms and properties explains the essential criteria for recognition, and each of the hundreds of minerals (from Ankerite to Zinwaldite) is accompanied by information on its fracture, luster, chemical formula, aggregates, distinguishing characteristics and localities.
A Field Guide to Animal Tracks
Author: Olaus Johan Murie
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780618517435
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
This all-new edition includes descriptions of the habits, habitats, tracks, signs, and ranges of all the mammals of North America, as well as of selected birds, reptiles, amphibians, and insects. More than 1,000 line drawings and 100 color photographs further enhance the text.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780618517435
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
This all-new edition includes descriptions of the habits, habitats, tracks, signs, and ranges of all the mammals of North America, as well as of selected birds, reptiles, amphibians, and insects. More than 1,000 line drawings and 100 color photographs further enhance the text.
A Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants of Eastern and Central North America
Author: Lee Peterson
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780395926222
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
More than 370 edible wild plants, plus 37 poisonous lookalikes, are described here, with 400 drawings and 78 color photographs showing precisely how to recognize each species. Also included are habitat descriptions, lists of plants by season, and preparation instructions for 22 different food uses.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780395926222
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
More than 370 edible wild plants, plus 37 poisonous lookalikes, are described here, with 400 drawings and 78 color photographs showing precisely how to recognize each species. Also included are habitat descriptions, lists of plants by season, and preparation instructions for 22 different food uses.