Minerals of Colorado [Hardcover]

Edwin Butt Eckel (Author), Robert R. Cobban (Author), Shirley K. Mosburg (Author)

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About the Author

Robert R. Cobban received a B.S. in Geological Engineering and a B.S. in Chemistry from the Colorado School of Mines. He is a former Research Associate in the Department of Earth Sciences, Denver Museum of Natural History.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 676 pages
• Publisher: Fulcrum Publishing; Rev Upd Su edition (August 28, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1555913652
• ISBN-13: 978-1555913656
• Product Dimensions: 11.3 x 8.9 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,074,350 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars An astounding tome--(make it a searchable CD pease!), January 18, 2001

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Mike Scherer - See all my reviews

This review is from: Minerals of Colorado (Hardcover)

This book is an astoundingly in-depth index of mineral occurances in Colorado. It has more than a few eye-opening revelations. Looking up the radioactive minerals is especially provacative. By bringing together so much information, the stupefying magnitude of efforts to find and identify minerals in Colorado can start to be appreciated.

The books organization should be explained: Individual mineral "chapters" are arranged aphabetically. Within each mineral chapter, occurances are listed aphabetically by county. This format makes looking for particular minerals fairly straightforward--it tells you which counties have the mineral and basically where to find them. As could be expected, publicly accessible occurances are described in more detail than private sites (mines are usually only named).

On the other hand, if you want to find out what minerals are found in particular county, only a short mineral highlights section at the beginning of the book is helpful. County information is parceled out to the individual mineral chapters. Regrouping the information by county would require another book--or a searchable CD.

This book begs to be in database-on-CD form.