This short, practical guide to the identification of hand specimen minerals utilizes simple methods of observation and inexpensive tools. It gives a guidline on how to collect minerals as well as a tone and language that evoke the charm of an earlier scientific era. A companion volume to the newly revised Dana's New Mineralogy, this book will reward the student of nature seeking an introduction to minerals and their identification.
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This short, practical guide to the identification of hand specimen minerals utilizes simple methods of observation and inexpensive tools. It gives a guidline on how to collect minerals as well as a tone and language that evoke the charm of an earlier scientific era. A companion volume to the newly revised Dana's New Mineralogy, this book will reward the student of nature seeking an introduction to minerals and their identification.
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THE New Edition of A 50,000 copy bestseller
The classic field guide used by generations of mineral enthusiasts--Dana's Minerals and How to Study Them
Minerals fascinate us through their beauty and value, and by the insight they give into the processes that have shaped the earth. Since its original publication in 1895, Dana's Minerals and How to Study Them has given generations of readers a practical understanding of the basics of mineralogy. This Fourth Edition retains the features that made Edward S. Dana's book a classic, including simple methods for identifying minerals, guidelines on how to collect them, as well as a tone and language that evoke the charm of an earlier scientific era. This book also features:
* Descriptions of 150 important and abundant minerals, listing their properties, occurrence, use, and history.
* Color photographs of minerals from the renowned Harvard University Mineralogical Museum.
* An analysis of key chemical and physical properties of minerals.
* A new chapter on the origins of minerals.
* A set of determinative tables, basic to mineral identification.
A companion volume to the newly revised Dana's New Mineralogy (also available from John Wiley & Sons), Dana's Minerals and How to Study Them will reward the student of nature seeking an introduction to minerals and their identification.
The classic field guide used by generations of mineral enthusiasts--Dana's Minerals and How to Study Them
Minerals fascinate us through their beauty and value, and by the insight they give into the processes that have shaped the earth. Since its original publication in 1895, Dana's Minerals and How to Study Them has given generations of readers a practical understanding of the basics of mineralogy. This Fourth Edition retains the features that made Edward S. Dana's book a classic, including simple methods for identifying minerals, guidelines on how to collect them, as well as a tone and language that evoke the charm of an earlier scientific era. This book also features:
* Descriptions of 150 important and abundant minerals, listing their properties, occurrence, use, and history.
* Color photographs of minerals from the renowned Harvard University Mineralogical Museum.
* An analysis of key chemical and physical properties of minerals.
* A new chapter on the origins of minerals.
* A set of determinative tables, basic to mineral identification.
A companion volume to the newly revised Dana's New Mineralogy (also available from John Wiley & Sons), Dana's Minerals and How to Study Them will reward the student of nature seeking an introduction to minerals and their identification.
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Best Introduction to Mineralogy out there!!!,
This review is from: Dana's Minerals and How to Study Them (After Edward Salisbury Dana), 4th Edition (Paperback)
For anyone interested in learning the basics of mineralogy, this is the place to start! Easy to read and understand. Great section on the Crystal Systems. Most mineral or mineralogy books spend most of the book on photographs, which is great, but this book focuses on giving the reader the basic understanding to know what they are looking at in the many fine "picture books" already out there about minerals.
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Minerals are materials of which the earth is built. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
platy cleavage parallel, side pinacoid, perfect platy cleavage, front pinacoid, basal pinacoid, veins with quartz, prismatic cleavage, blowpipe tests, tetragonal dipyramid, nonmetallic luster, rhombohedral cleavage, prominent cleavage, aluminous shales, perfect cleavage parallel, perfect cubic cleavage, cleavable masses, submetallic luster, flame coloration, characteristic garlic odor, blocky fragments, blowpipe flame, octahedral cleavage, columnar aggregates, determinative tables, isometric system Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, New York, North Carolina, South Africa, New Jersey, New Mexico, Habit Color, South Dakota, Lake Superior, Broken Hill, Sri Lanka, British Columbia, Magnet Cove, New England, New South Wales, South Carolina, Death Valley, Mississippi Valley, Rio Tinto, Western Australia, Coast Ranges of California, Graves Mountain, Kola Peninsula, Las Cruces, Nova Scotia New!
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platy cleavage parallel, side pinacoid, perfect platy cleavage, front pinacoid, basal pinacoid, veins with quartz, prismatic cleavage, blowpipe tests, tetragonal dipyramid, nonmetallic luster, rhombohedral cleavage, prominent cleavage, aluminous shales, perfect cleavage parallel, perfect cubic cleavage, cleavable masses, submetallic luster, flame coloration, characteristic garlic odor, blocky fragments, blowpipe flame, octahedral cleavage, columnar aggregates, determinative tables, isometric system Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, New York, North Carolina, South Africa, New Jersey, New Mexico, Habit Color, South Dakota, Lake Superior, Broken Hill, Sri Lanka, British Columbia, Magnet Cove, New England, New South Wales, South Carolina, Death Valley, Mississippi Valley, Rio Tinto, Western Australia, Coast Ranges of California, Graves Mountain, Kola Peninsula, Las Cruces, Nova Scotia New!
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- Minerals and How to Study Them by Edward S. Dana in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
- Manual of Mineral Science, 22nd Edition (Manual of Mineralogy) by Cornelis Klein in Front Matter
- The System of Mineralogy, Vol. 3: Silica Minerals by James D. Dana in Front Matter
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