[PDF] The Minerals Encyclopedia: 700 Minerals, Gems and Rocks by Rupert Hochleitner PhD

The Minerals Encyclopedia: 700 Minerals, Gems and Rocks by Rupert Hochleitner PhD

• The Minerals Encyclopedia: 700 Minerals, Gems and Rocks
• Rupert Hochleitner PhD
• Page: 448
• Format: pdf, ePub, mobi, fb2
• ISBN: 9780228103622
• Publisher: Firefly Books, Limited

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Overview

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 color (for ease of location in the book) — blue, red, yellow, brown, green, white and black crystals; brown and gray 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 Color 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 448 pages, with a useful glossary, an introduction to mineral collecting, 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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