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Rocks and minerals / by Chris Pellant ; Helen Pellant, editorial consultant ; photography by Harry Taylor.

Pellant, Chris. (Author).

Summary:

Gives informative descriptions and photographs of more than five hundred specimens of rocks and minerals.

Record details

ISBN: 156458061X
ISBN: 9781564580610
ISBN: 075131000X
ISBN: 9780751310009
ISBN: 0863188109
ISBN: 9780863188107
ISBN: 1564580334
ISBN: 9781564580337
Physical Description: 256 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Edition: 1st American ed.
Publisher: New York : Dorling Kindersley ; 1992.

Content descriptions

General Note:

Includes index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction -- Collecting rocks and minerals -- Field equipment -- Home equipment -- Organizing your collection -- How this book works -- Mineral or rock -- Mineral formation -- Mineral Composition -- Mineral Characteristics -- Mineral identification -- How rocks are formed -- Igneous rock characteristics -- Types fo Metamorphism -- Metamorphic rock characteristics -- Sedimentary rock characteristics -- Rock identification key -- Minerals -- Native elements -- Sulfides and sulfosalts -- halides -- Oxides and hydroxides -- Carbonates, nitrates, and borates -- Sulfates, chromates, molybdates, and tungtates -- phosphates, arsenates, and vanadates -- Silicates -- Rocks -- Igneous rocks -- Metamorphic rocks -- Sedimentary rocks -- Glossary -- Index-- Acknowledgements.