Minerals of the World

Minerals of the World
Author: Walter Schumann
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Total Pages: 236
Release: 2008
Genre: Minerals
ISBN: 140275339X


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It's the classic work revised and updated! Identify over 500 of the most collectible minerals quickly and easily with this fully photographed field guide. And this new reissue makes identification easier, with new cleavability ratings for each entry alongside the handy classifications based on streak colour, Mohs' hardness and specific gravity. A complete introductory discussion of mineral forms and properties explains the essential criteria for recognition, and each of the hundreds of minerals (from Ankerite to Zinwaldite) is accompanied by information on its fracture, luster, chemical formula, aggregates, distinguishing characteristics and localities.


Minerals of the World
Language: en
Pages: 236
Authors: Walter Schumann
Categories: Minerals
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008 - Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.

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It's the classic work revised and updated! Identify over 500 of the most collectible minerals quickly and easily with this fully photographed field guide. And t
Minerals of the World
Language: en
Pages: 439
Authors: Ole Johnsen
Categories: Nature
Type: BOOK - Published: 2002 - Publisher:

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Describes more than five hundred minerals, providing such information as the mineral's crystallography, chemical properties, occurence, and names and varieties.
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Language: en
Pages: 472
Authors: Carol A. Hill
Categories: Nature
Type: BOOK - Published: 1997 - Publisher:

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The Complete Encyclopedia of Minerals
Language: en
Pages: 296
Authors: Petr Korbel
Categories: Crystallography
Type: BOOK - Published: 1999 - Publisher:

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A reference to more than six hundred minerals, with color photographs of each type and an explanation of their forms and properties.
Minerals
Language: en
Pages: 161
Authors: David J. Vaughan
Categories: Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014 - Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

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The Earth contains a vast array of minerals, many with highly complex arrangements of atoms of several elements. David Vaughan explores the structure of mineral