Handbook of Rocks, Minerals, and Gemstones

Handbook of Rocks, Minerals, and Gemstones
Author: Walter Schumann
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 390
Release: 1993
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9780395511374

Contains descriptions and photographs of approximately six hundred minerals, rocks, and meteorites, providing information about the history, origin, structure, composition, properties, classification, and location of each specimen.

A Handbook of Minerals, Crystals, Rocks and Ores

A Handbook of Minerals, Crystals, Rocks and Ores
Author: Parmodh Alexander
Publisher: New India Publishing
Total Pages: 726
Release: 2009-01-15
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9788190723787

The book will be beneficial for: * The undergraduate course in mineralogy, crystallography, petrology & economic geology. * Post graduate students for their economic geology course. * Useful as a ready reckoner for competitive examinations and job interviews and entrepreneurs in mineral industry. * Civil Engineering students will also find this book suitable for their basic courses in mineralogy-petrology. * the text, as far as possible is precise, concise and up-to-date in facts and figures, adequately illustrated and includes photographs and micro-photographs.

Ores

Ores
Author: Grace Hansen
Publisher: Abdo Kids Jumbo
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2015-08
Genre: Mineralogy
ISBN: 9781629709086

Young readers will be amazed to learn what an ores are, how they are made, and how we use them every day. This title is informative yet simple. Big text and simple sentences combined with vibrant photographs will entertain readers and strengthen their reading skills. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo Kids is a division of ABDO.

Simon & Schuster's Guide to Rocks and Minerals

Simon & Schuster's Guide to Rocks and Minerals
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.

Rocks and Minerals

Rocks and Minerals
Author: Paul R. Shaffer
Publisher: Golden Guides from St. Martin's Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1989-02-15
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780307244994

Includes information on collecting and identifying minerals, and sections on metallic, nonmetallic, gem and rock-forming minerals, and on igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks.

The Best Book of Fossils, Rocks and Minerals

The Best Book of Fossils, Rocks and Minerals
Author: Chris Pellant
Publisher:
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2005
Genre: Fossils
ISBN: 9780439372756

Briefly describes different kinds of rocks and minerals, telling how they are formed, where they are found and their uses and examines what we can learn from fossils.

Mineralogy

Mineralogy
Author: Dexter Perkins
Publisher: Pearson
Total Pages: 562
Release: 2013-08-26
Genre: Mineralogy
ISBN: 9781292039114

This student-oriented text is written in a casual, jargon-free style to present a modern introduction to mineralogy. It emphasizes real-world applications and the history and human side of mineralogy. This book approaches the subject by explaining the larger, understandable topics first, and then explaining why the little things are important for understanding the larger picture.

Minerals and Rocks

Minerals and Rocks
Author: Cornelis Klein
Publisher: Wiley
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2007-02-26
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780471772774

The thoroughly updated Laboratory Manual: Minerals and Rocks: Exercises in Crystal and Mineral Chemistry, Crystallography, X-ray Powder Diffraction, Mineral and Rock Identification, and Ore Mineralogy, 3e, is for use in the mineralogy laboratory and covers the subject matter in the same sequence as the Manual of Mineral Science, 23e.