A field guide to rocks and minerals /

Pough, Frederick H.

A field guide to rocks and minerals / Rocks and minerals Frederick H. Pough ; photographs by Jeffrey Scovil. - 5th ed. - Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1996. - 1 ηλεκτρονική πηγή (xv, 395 σ.) : έγχρ. εικ. - The Peterson field guide series ; 7 . - Peterson field guide series 7. .

"Sponsored by the National Audubon Society, the Wildlife Federation, and the Roger Tory Peterson Institute."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

An introduction to the study of rocks and minerals : your mineral collection -- Rocks and minerals and where to find them : geographical distribution -- Rock classifications -- Igneous rocks -- Sedimentary rocks -- Metamorphic rocks -- Mineral environments -- Physical properties of minerals : distinguishing characteristics -- Mineral textures and outlines of aggregates -- Crystal classifications : the crystal systems -- Other forms and phenomena -- The chemical classification of minerals -- Tests, techniques, and tips -- Mineral descriptions : elements -- Sulfides and sulfosalts -- Oxides -- Halides -- Carbonates -- Nitrates -- Borates -- Sulfates -- Phosphates, arsenates, vanadates, and uranates -- Tungstates (wolframates) and molybdates -- Silicates -- Silica type -- Disilicate type -- Metasilicate types -- Pyrosilicate type -- Orthosilicate type -- Subsilicate type.

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Explains how to start and organize a rock collection; provides detailed descriptions of hundreds of minerals with information on geographic distribution, physical properties, chemical composition, and crystalline structures; and includes 385 color photographs.


Electronic reproduction.
[S.l.] :
HathiTrust Digital Library,
2011.

0585067929 9780585067926




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