Minerals Encyclopedia : 700 Minerals, Gems and Rocks Paperback / softback
by Rupert Hochleitner
Paperback / softback
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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 colour (for ease of location in the book) — blue, red, yellow, brown, green, white and black crystals; brown and grey 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; Colour; 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 444 pages, with a useful glossary, an introduction to mineral collecting, and 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.
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In Stock - Less than 10 copies availableFree UK DeliveryEstimated delivery 2-3 working days
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:448 pages, 900 clr photos and illus
- Publisher:Firefly Books Ltd
- Publication Date:24/10/2022
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- ISBN:9780228103622
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In Stock - Less than 10 copies availableFree UK DeliveryEstimated delivery 2-3 working days
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:448 pages, 900 clr photos and illus
- Publisher:Firefly Books Ltd
- Publication Date:24/10/2022
- Category:
- ISBN:9780228103622