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Product Identifiers
PublisherFirefly Books, The Limited
ISBN-101554070546
ISBN-139781554070541
eBay Product ID (ePID)44405009
Product Key Features
Book TitleGuide to Minerals, Rocks and Fossils
Number of Pages336 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2005
TopicRocks & Minerals, Fossils
IllustratorYes
GenreNature
AuthorA. C. Bishop, W. R. Hamilton, A. R. Woolley
Book SeriesFirefly Pocket Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight17.6 Oz
Item Length7.7 in
Item Width5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2005-280972
ReviewsIn-depth descriptions and color photos... useful for amateur geologists, rock and fossil collectors, and specialists in these areas., If you are looking for a good book on minerals, rocks and fossils this "new edition" which has been "revised, updated and redesigned, and includes new extended introductory sections and appendices" is a good one. There are over 600 specimens in colour along with over 300 line drawings. The book is divided into sections on minerals, rocks and fossils. Minerals featured include native elements, carbonates, nitrates and borates, silicates and many others. The rocks covered are igneous rocks, metamorphic rocks, sedimentary rocks and meteorites and tektites. Fossils include sponges, corals, mollusks, arthropods, graptolites and others. Informative text accompanies the quality photographs and line drawings. Nice reference book., As a most useful field guide for explorers or as a straightforward, beautifully illustrated and written general reference, this book is unparalleled. Summing Up: Essential., Most useful field guide for explorers or as a straightforward, beautifully illustrated and written general reference, this book is unparalleled.
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal552
Table Of ContentIntroduction MINERALS Introduction Native elements Sulfides and arsenides Oxides and hydroxides Halides Carbonates Nitrates and borates Sulfates and chromates Tungstates and molybdates Phosphates, arsenates and vanadates Silicates ROCKS Introduction Igneous rocks Metamorphic rocks Sedimentary rocks Meteorites and tektites FOSSILS Introduction Sponges Corals Mollusks Arthopods Brachiopods Bryozoans Echinoderms Graptolites Vertebrates Fossil land plants Geological timescale Further reading Index
SynopsisA detailed and extensively illustrated handbook. The colors, shapes and properties of minerals vary from the bland to the magnificent. Guide to Minerals, Rocks and Fossils is a practical and authoritative handbook that is both comprehensive and easy to use. Each of the 600 specimens is shown in full color, sometimes in two or more forms. There are also drawings that show the structure of the crystalline specimens. It covers the basics like granite, as well as oddities like meteorites and tektites. Fossils include sponges, corals, arthropods, brachiopods, and fossil land plants. Each is described in detail, with notes on: color and transparency grain size hardness structure occurrence mineralogy distinguishing features habit cleavage texture alteration luster Mineral names, chemical formulae and structural data accord to international standards. This is a very complete, but attractive and useful volume in a respected series.
LC Classification NumberQE363.8.B565 2005
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- 21. Feb. 2024
Simple and easy
Great book for beginners. Gave two of mine to grandkids so I ordered a third. Would recommend to anyone which I already have.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 09. Mär. 2018
Great Book
Amazing detail.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
