The Minerals Encyclopedia: 700 Minerals, Gems and Rocks
Firefly Books
ISBN13:
9780228103622
$29.95
Mineral collecting by amateur rockhounds has never been more popular. Old quarries, road cuts, and exposed landscapes are being examined by new generations of minerals enthusiasts. Each needs a comprehensive guidebook with clear photographs and accurate data. This is it. In a thick but handy format, more than 700 different minerals and rocks are grouped by color (for ease of location in the book) -- blue, red, yellow, brown, green, white and black crystals; brown and gray sedimentary rocks; and meteorites for anyone lucky enough to find one. Each has a picture -- four to a page -- opposite detailed but clear data: Chemical formula Hardness Color Density Lustre Cleavage Fracture Tenacity Crystal form Similar minerals and where they are likely to occur. And many will have a diagram of its crystal form -- up to four, for fluorite, for example. The Minerals Encyclopedia is unusual for the number of minerals it covers: more than 700 in 448 pages, with a useful glossary, an introduction to mineral collecting, printed front and back flaps that offer quick reference in the field, and a measuring rule on the back cover. This is a superior reference for rockhounds, geology students and outdoors people with an interest in what's under their feet.
- | Author: Rupert Hochleitner
- | Publisher: Firefly Books
- | Publication Date: Sep 15, 2022
- | Number of Pages: 448 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback/Nature
- | ISBN-10: 0228103622
- | ISBN-13: 9780228103622
- Author:
- Rupert Hochleitner
- Publisher:
- Firefly Books
- Publication Date:
- Sep 15, 2022
- Number of pages:
- 448 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Paperback/Nature
- ISBN-10:
- 0228103622
- ISBN-13:
- 9780228103622