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A Field Guide to Rocks and Minerals Paperback - 1998
by Pough, Frederick H.; Jeffrey Scovil (photos)
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The definitive guide to rocks and minerals, completely updated for the fifth edition, includes 385 color photographs showing rocks, minerals, and geologic formations. Hundreds of minerals are described, with details such as geographic formations. Hundreds of minerals are described, with details such as geographic distribution, physical properties, chemical composition, and crystalline structures.
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- Title A Field Guide to Rocks and Minerals
- Author Pough, Frederick H.; Jeffrey Scovil (photos)
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Fifth Edition
- Pages 416
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Houghton Mifflin, New York
- Date 1998
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps
- Bookseller's Inventory # 092770
- ISBN 9780395910962 / 039591096X
- Weight 1.05 lbs (0.48 kg)
- Dimensions 7.3 x 4.5 x 1.3 in (18.54 x 11.43 x 3.30 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Rocks, Mineralogy, Determinative
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 94049005
- Dewey Decimal Code 549.1
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Summary
The definitive guide to rocks and minerals, completely updated for the fifth edition, includes 385 color photographs showing rocks, minerals, and geologic formations. Hundreds of minerals are described, with details such as geographic formations. Hundreds of minerals are described, with details such as geographic distribution, physical properties, chemical composition, and crystalline structures.
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Rocks and minerals are fundamental introductions to the study of all natural history, leading to a greater appreciation of nature.
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- Rec Ref Bks in Paperback, 01/01/2000, Page 246
