An authoritative and practical identification guide to minerals, rocks and fossils of the world. This new edition of a classic reference work has been completely revised, updated and redesigned, with new extended introductory sections and appendices. An invaluable handbook for amateur collectors and specialists alike, this book is small and compact enough to carry in the pocket or backpack. • Over 600 specimens in full colour • Every specimen described and illustrated on the same double-page spread • Over 300 line drawings identifying structures and features
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"This detailed but accessible book is written for anybody with an interest in geology or paleontology. The compact design, filled with color photographs, is designed to be used in the field, for the identifiacation of material found." Book News, Inc.
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If you want only one book for minerals, rocks and fossils this is the one. Covers what you really find in the field instead of only the best or rarest stuff. I give it a 5.
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The rocks which form the Earth, the Moon, and the planets are made up of minerals. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
evolute whorls, calicinal view, ligamental notch, columellar plications, strong growth lines, wide umbilicus, twinning common, pleural furrows, crystals tabular, dorsal valve, genal spines, ventral valve, beak pointing upward, shell surface smooth, encrusting masses, basal parting, last whorl, contact metamorphic deposits, hydrothermal veins, inferior hardness, prismatic habit, perfect cleavage, radiating aggregates, alkaline igneous rocks, short prismatic Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Habit Crystals, Luster Vitreous, Fracture Uneven, Streak White, Fracture Conchoidal, Cleavage Basal, Cleavage Prismatic, Luster Metallic, Cleavage One, Fracture Subconchoidal, Cleavage None, Worldwide Medium-sized, Worldwide Small, Luster Adamantine, Color White, Cleavage Pinacoidal, Color Gray, Habit Usually, Structure May, Luster Resinous, Cleavage Rhombohedral, Color Black, Mineralogy Essentially, Streak Black, Cleavage Two New!
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The rocks which form the Earth, the Moon, and the planets are made up of minerals. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
evolute whorls, calicinal view, ligamental notch, columellar plications, strong growth lines, wide umbilicus, twinning common, pleural furrows, crystals tabular, dorsal valve, genal spines, ventral valve, beak pointing upward, shell surface smooth, encrusting masses, basal parting, last whorl, contact metamorphic deposits, hydrothermal veins, inferior hardness, prismatic habit, perfect cleavage, radiating aggregates, alkaline igneous rocks, short prismatic Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Habit Crystals, Luster Vitreous, Fracture Uneven, Streak White, Fracture Conchoidal, Cleavage Basal, Cleavage Prismatic, Luster Metallic, Cleavage One, Fracture Subconchoidal, Cleavage None, Worldwide Medium-sized, Worldwide Small, Luster Adamantine, Color White, Cleavage Pinacoidal, Color Gray, Habit Usually, Structure May, Luster Resinous, Cleavage Rhombohedral, Color Black, Mineralogy Essentially, Streak Black, Cleavage Two New!
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- Encyclopedia of Mineral Names by William Blackburn in Back Matter
- Manual of Mineral Science, 22nd Edition (Manual of Mineralogy) by Cornelis Klein in Back Matter
- Principles of Physical Geology by Arthur Holmes in Back Matter
- Before the Deluge by Herbert Wendt in Back Matter
- Igneous Rocks by Daniel S. Barker in Back Matter
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