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Author : Frederick H. Pough
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780395910962
Total Pages : 558 pages
Book Rating : 4.6X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Field Guide to Rocks and Minerals written by Frederick H. Pough and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1996 with total page 558 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes hundreds of minerals and lists their geographic distribution, physical properties, chemical composition, and crystalline structure.

Author : Frederick H. Pough
Publisher : Boston : Houghton Mifflin
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Field Guide to Rocks and Minerals written by Frederick H. Pough and published by Boston : Houghton Mifflin. This book was released on 1976 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guidebook to rocks and minerals.

Author : Frederick H. Pough
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780395935439
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Peterson First Guide to Rocks and Minerals written by Frederick H. Pough and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1991 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written and designed for the beginner, this book describes and illustrates the most common and interesting rocks and minerals, from simple sandstone to exotic gems. Illustrated with dozens of beautiful color photographs, it tells how these rocks and minerals formed and how to identify them--and includes tips on collecting. 175 color photographs, 12 line drawings.

Author : Charles Wesley Chesterman
Publisher : Knopf
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 876 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book National Audubon Society Field Guide to Rocks and Minerals written by Charles Wesley Chesterman and published by Knopf. This book was released on 1978 with total page 876 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Donation.

Author : David C. Roberts
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780618164387
Total Pages : 522 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Field Guide to Geology written by David C. Roberts and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2001 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With more than 130 color photographs and 170 drawings, this book shows how to read geological history: plate movements, earthquakes, glaciers, rivers, seas, and other forces that have shaped the earth over millions of years. Each geological region of eastern North America is described vividly and illustrated with detailed maps and cross sections. Highway tours tell where to go to find the best examples of each kind of formation.

Author : Simon & Schuster
Publisher : Touchstone
ISBN 13 : 9780671244170
Total Pages : 612 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Simon & Schuster's Guide to Rocks and Minerals written by Simon & Schuster and published by Touchstone. This book was released on 1978 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An easy to use field guide that contains everything rock and mineral enthusiasts need to know with more than 1,000 spectacular illustrations—600 in full color! Practical, concise, and easy to use, Simon & Schuster’s Guide to Rocks and Minerals contains everything that the rock and mineral enthusiast needs to know. This field guide is divided into two large sections—one devoted to minerals and one to rocks, each prefaced by a comprehensive introduction that discusses formation, chemistry, and more. All 377 entries, beautifully illustrated with color photographs and helpful visual symbols, provide descriptions and practical information about appearance, classification, rarity, crystal formation, mode of occurrence, gravity of mineral, rock chemistry, modal classification fields, formational environments, grain sizes of rocks, and much more. Whether you are a serious collector or an information-seeking amateur, this incomparably beautiful, authoritative guide will prove an invaluable reference.

Author : Chris Pellant
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780863188107
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rocks and Minerals written by Chris Pellant and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These Eyewitness Handbooks are pocket-sized reference books. This particular guide looks at minerals and rocks, with annotation highlighting distinguishing features of each example. For easier reference, at-a-glance information panels, illustrations and photographs are provided for each entry. Text provides information on key characteristics, with a quick-reference identification guide to pinpoint the most obvious features of each family or group.

Author : Christopher Leahy
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780395906644
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Peterson First Guide to Insects of North America written by Christopher Leahy and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1998-02-03 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A simplified field guide to the common insects of North America.

Author : Dan R. Lynch
Publisher : Adventure Publications
ISBN 13 : 1591936322
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book New York Rocks & Minerals written by Dan R. Lynch and published by Adventure Publications. This book was released on 2016-02-08 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get the perfect guide to rocks and minerals in the Empire State! New York Rocks & Minerals, by Dan R. Lynch and Bob Lynch, features comprehensive entries for 105 different types of common rocks and rare finds. The easy-to-use format means you'll quickly find what you need to know and where to look, while the authors' photographs depict the detail needed for identification--no need to guess from line drawings. With this field guide in hand, identifying and collecting can be fun and informative. This handy field guide features: Incredible, sharp, full-color pictures Photos and facts for 105 rocks and minerals Fascinating information about everything from garnets and "Herkimer diamonds" to fossils and labradorite Easy-to-use format

Author : Walter Schumann
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 140275339X
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Minerals of the World written by Walter Schumann and published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2008 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's the classic work revised and updated! Identify over 500 of the most collectible minerals quickly and easily with this fully photographed field guide. And this new reissue makes identification easier, with new cleavability ratings for each entry alongside the handy classifications based on streak colour, Mohs' hardness and specific gravity. A complete introductory discussion of mineral forms and properties explains the essential criteria for recognition, and each of the hundreds of minerals (from Ankerite to Zinwaldite) is accompanied by information on its fracture, luster, chemical formula, aggregates, distinguishing characteristics and localities.