Southern Africa boasts many spectacular examples of rocks and minerals; volcanic lava make up the dramatic Drakensberg mountain range, granite mountains form stunning scenery in Namibia and Zimbabwe, and some of the most ancient rocks on Earth - over 3000 million years old - are to be found on the subcontinent. The region is home to many important and interesting minerals, as well as a wide array of beautiful gemstones - diamonds from South Africa, emeralds from Zimbabwe and tourmalines from Namibia. "Field Guide to Rocks and Minerals of Southern Africa" is the first definitive field guide to document the common, rare and unusual rocks and minerals of South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Swaziland and southern Mozambique. Supported by more than 500 full-color photographs, the text describes in detail a wide range of the region’s common and attractive rocks and minerals. Authoritative information is presented in a user-friendly manner and is enlivened by box and panel features. It will appeal to mineral collectors, geologists, gemologists, students, and anyone with an interest in the natural environment.
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Bruce Cairncross is Professor of Geology at the Rand Afrikaans University. He is the co-author of three books and has published extensively in journals and magazines. His photographs have been featured in a variety of publications and he regularly presents lectures on geological and mineralogical topics.
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Rocks make up the solid part of the Earth's crust, the floors of the oceans and the continents. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
ganese field, dioptase crystals, ancient greenstone belts, lapidary purposes, many copper deposits, prismatic black, schorl tourmaline, stellate groups, barite crystals, epidote crystals, azurite crystals, fluorite mine, green epidote, andalusite crystals, prismatic blue, apatite group, white vitreous, feldspathoid group, lapidary material, beryl pegmatite, main ore minerals, chromite crystals, native antimony, schist belt, botryoidal masses Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
South Africa, Northern Cape, Limpopo Province, Bushveld Complex, Klein Spitzkoppe, North-West Province, Free State, Great Dyke, Western Cape, Eastern Cape, Orange River, Rosh Pinah, Forbes Reef, Nababeep West, Berg Aukas, Marble Delta, Brandberg West, Pilgrim's Rest, Broken Hill, Phalaborwa Complex, Piet Retief, Klein Aub, Namib Desert, Neu Schwaben, Pigg's Peak New!
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Rocks make up the solid part of the Earth's crust, the floors of the oceans and the continents. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
ganese field, dioptase crystals, ancient greenstone belts, lapidary purposes, many copper deposits, prismatic black, schorl tourmaline, stellate groups, barite crystals, epidote crystals, azurite crystals, fluorite mine, green epidote, andalusite crystals, prismatic blue, apatite group, white vitreous, feldspathoid group, lapidary material, beryl pegmatite, main ore minerals, chromite crystals, native antimony, schist belt, botryoidal masses Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
South Africa, Northern Cape, Limpopo Province, Bushveld Complex, Klein Spitzkoppe, North-West Province, Free State, Great Dyke, Western Cape, Eastern Cape, Orange River, Rosh Pinah, Forbes Reef, Nababeep West, Berg Aukas, Marble Delta, Brandberg West, Pilgrim's Rest, Broken Hill, Phalaborwa Complex, Piet Retief, Klein Aub, Namib Desert, Neu Schwaben, Pigg's Peak New!
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- The manganese adventure: The South African manganese fields by B Cairncross in Back Matter
- Encyclopedia of Mineral Names by William Blackburn in Back Matter
- South West Africa by Ruth First in Back Matter
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