Minerals Encyclopedia
€33.90
Product Information
| ISBN | 9780228103622 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rupert Hochleitner |
| Publisher | Firefly Books Ltd |
| Format | Paperback |
| Number of pages | 448 |
| Weight (kg) | 0.706 |
| Publishing Date | 15/09/2022 |
| Price (excl. tax) | €31.98 |
| Tax | €1.92 |
| Price (incl. tax) | €33.90 |
| Availability | +20 units in external warehouse |
Product Description
Mineral collecting by amateur "rockhounds" has never been more popular. Old quarries, road cuts, and exposed landscapes are being examined by new generations of minerals enthusiasts. Each needs a comprehensive guidebook with clear photographs and accurate data. This is it.
In a thick but handy format, more than 700 different minerals and rocks are grouped by color (for ease of location in the book) -- blue, red, yellow, brown, green, white and black crystals; brown and gray sedimentary rocks; and meteorites for anyone lucky enough to find one.
Each has a picture -- four to a page -- opposite detailed but clear data:
- Chemical formula
- Hardness
- Color
- Density
- Lustre
- Cleavage
- Fracture
- Tenacity
- Crystal form
- Similar minerals and where they are likely to occur. And many will have a diagram of its crystal form -- up to four, for fluorite, for example.
The Minerals Encyclopedia is unusual for the number of minerals it covers: more than 700 in 448 pages, with a useful glossary, an introduction to mineral collecting, printed front and back flaps that offer quick reference in the field, and a measuring rule on the back cover. This is a superior reference for rockhounds, geology students and outdoors people with an interest in what''s under their feet.