A Popular Guide To Minerals
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Author | : Hochleitner, |
Publisher | : Barron's Educational Series, Incorporated |
Total Pages | : 252 |
Release | : 1994-03 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : |
This Barron's guide is a new kind of book for identifying minerals, one that even beginners can use to make quick, sure identifications. The simple, easy-to-understand profiles are supplemented by sketches of crystals made by the author especially for this book and based on the most up-to-date crystallographic data. It is a field guide to mineral deposits, categorized by color and degree of hardness for fast, easy identification.
Author | : Simon & Schuster |
Publisher | : Touchstone |
Total Pages | : 612 |
Release | : 1978 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 9780671244170 |
An easy to use field guide that contains everything rock and mineral enthusiasts need to know with more than 1,000 spectacular illustrations—600 in full color! Practical, concise, and easy to use, Simon & Schuster’s Guide to Rocks and Minerals contains everything that the rock and mineral enthusiast needs to know. This field guide is divided into two large sections—one devoted to minerals and one to rocks, each prefaced by a comprehensive introduction that discusses formation, chemistry, and more. All 377 entries, beautifully illustrated with color photographs and helpful visual symbols, provide descriptions and practical information about appearance, classification, rarity, crystal formation, mode of occurrence, gravity of mineral, rock chemistry, modal classification fields, formational environments, grain sizes of rocks, and much more. Whether you are a serious collector or an information-seeking amateur, this incomparably beautiful, authoritative guide will prove an invaluable reference.
Author | : Ole Johnsen |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 439 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 9780691095370 |
Describes more than five hundred minerals, providing such information as the mineral's crystallography, chemical properties, occurence, and names and varieties.
Author | : Dan R. Lynch |
Publisher | : Adventure Publications |
Total Pages | : 467 |
Release | : 2010-07-19 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 1591936667 |
Get this must-have guide for Michigan, featuring full-color photographs and information to help you identify rocks and minerals. Identify and collect rocks and minerals with the perfect guide to the Great Lake State! With this famous field guide by Dan R. Lynch and Bob Lynch, field identification is simple and informative. The book features comprehensive entries for 96 rocks and minerals, from common rocks to rare finds. That means you’re more likely to identify what you’ve found. The authors know rocks and took their own full-color photographs to depict the detail needed for identification—no more guessing from line drawings. The field guide’s easy-to-use format helps you to quickly find what you need to know and where to look. Inside you’ll find: 96 specimens: Only Michigan rocks and minerals Quick Identification Guide: Identify rocks and minerals by color and common characteristics Range/occurrence maps: See where each specimen is commonly found Professional photos: Crisp, stunning images Michigan Rocks & Minerals includes beautiful photography, relevant information, and the authors’ expert insights. With this book in hand, identifying and collecting is fun and informative!
Author | : Garret Romaine |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 177 |
Release | : 2015-09-01 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 149301482X |
Rocks, Gems, and Minerals is a field guide to more than 100 of the most common and sought-after rocks, gems, and minerals hidden throughout North America. Conveniently sized to fit in your pocket and featuring full-color, detailed photographs, this informative guide makes it easy to identify rocks in your backyard and beyond. Also included is an introduction that covers fundamental geology information and interesting facts. This is the essential source when you're out in the field, both informative and beautiful to peruse.
Author | : John Farndon |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Fossils |
ISBN | : 9780681185814 |
Discusses the physical properties of various rocks and minerals and gives instructions for collecting and identifying specimens.
Author | : W. Dan Hausel |
Publisher | : Createspace Independent Pub |
Total Pages | : 370 |
Release | : 2014-09-25 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 9781502513885 |
Follow in the footsteps of successful gem and gold hunters and search the hills for rough diamonds, colored gemstones, lapidary minerals, precious metals and interesting minerals and rocks. Written for the geoscientist, prospector and rockhound; the first part of the book focuses on physical characteristics of gems and minerals. This is supplemented with the second part of the book that describes dozens upon dozens of colored gem, diamond, gold, mineral and rock localities using the Public Land Survey System and GPS coordinates so the reader can visit these sites on a home computer with aerial and satellite imagery to gain an understanding of what to look for in the field. With these same coordinates, the reader can visit some occurrences, deposits and areas suggested for prospecting to further their gem hunter prospecting education and potentially lead to new discoveries. Now you can learn what to look for when searching for Mother Nature's treasure.
Author | : Dan R. Lynch |
Publisher | : Adventure Publications |
Total Pages | : 444 |
Release | : 2021-11-16 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 1647550599 |
This must-have guide for Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Ontario features full-color photographs and information to help readers identify rocks and minerals. Get the perfect guide to rocks and minerals of the Lake Superior region! With the new edition of this famous guide by Bob Lynch and Dan R. Lynch, field identification is simple and informative. This book features comprehensive entries for 75 rocks and minerals, from common rocks to rare finds. That means you’re more likely to identify what you’ve found. The authors know rocks and took their own full-color photographs to depict the detail needed for identification—no more guessing from line drawings. The entries are organized by area, so you can find rocks unique to each state or common to all three. The field guide’s easy-to-use format helps you to quickly find what you need to know and where to look. Inside you’ll find: 75 specimens of the Lake Superior region Quick Identification Guide: Identify rocks and minerals by color and common characteristics Range/occurrence maps to show where each specimen is commonly found Professional photos: Crisp, stunning images This second edition includes updated photographs, expanded information, and even more of the authors’ expert insights. With this book in hand, identifying and collecting is fun and informative.
Author | : Nancy Honovich |
Publisher | : National Geographic Books |
Total Pages | : 164 |
Release | : 2016 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1426323018 |
"Find adventure! Go outside! Have fun! Be a rock hound!"--Cover.
Author | : Ra Bonewitz |
Publisher | : DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley) |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Fossils |
ISBN | : 9780751344004 |
From glittering gemstones to fascinating minerals and fossils, this incredible reference book is a stunning celebration of the Earth s buried treasures. Specially commissioned photography captures the essence and beauty of over 450 superb specimens, while lively and informative text describes the characteristics of each and its unique and changing relationship to humankind through the ages. Organized by rock classes and chemical groups, each rock, mineral, and fossil entry contains a photograph of the specimen together with lively, wide-ranging text describing its qualities and history of use. In addition, a detailed, at-a-glance reference panel provides key data for identification and classification.