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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Author: John Sinkankas Publisher: ISBN: Category : Gems Languages : en Pages : 416
Book Description
Prospecting and collecting trips; Tools and how to use them; Rock classes and how to recognize them; How mineral deposits form; Field features of mineral deposits; Collecting practices; Preparation of specimens; Storage and exhibit; Marketing mineral specimens and gemstones.
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