Handbook of Rocks, Minerals, and Gemstones

Name: Handbook of Rocks, Minerals, and Gemstones
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ISBN: 9780395511374

ISBN-10: 0395511372

ISBN-13: 9780395511374

Edition: 1993

Authors: Walter Schumann, R. Bradshaw, K. A. G. Mills

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This handbook includes more than 600 stunning color photographs showing rocks, minerals, and gems from all over the world. Each specimen is described in detail: its origin and structure, chemical composition, hardness, color, and other properties.

Book details

List price: $25.00
Copyright year: 1993
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
Publication date: 1/4/1993
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 400
Size: 5.00" wide x 7.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.342
Language: English

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General introduction


Minerals


The Science of Minerals


The history of the mineral sciences


The origins and structure of minerals


Properties of minerals


Classification of minerals


Rock-Forming Minerals


Minerals of igneous rocks


Minerals of sedimentary rocks


Minerals of metamorphic rocks


Ore-Forming Minerals


Ore deposits


Minerals of precious metal ores


Minerals of ferrous metal ores


Minerals of the non-ferrous metal ores


Ore minerals of copper


Minerals as Gemstones


Rocks


Introduction to Petrology


Igneous Rocks


Plutonic rocks


Volcanic rocks


Dyke rocks


Sedimentary Rocks


Clastic sedimentary rocks


Chemical-biogenic sedimentary rocks


Metamorphic Rocks


Meteorites


Stones from Outer Space


Appendix


Hints for collectors


Table of chemical elements


Selection of British Standard and ASTM regulations on natural stone


Geological column


Bibliography


Mineral determinative tables


Aids to the identification of rocks


Index