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Rocks and Minerals

by Harry Taylor
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Overview

This Dorling Kindersley Handbook title has been updated and given a fresh new look. The series has sold over 5 million copies worldwide. Rocks & Minerals contains over 500 full-color illustrations and crystal-clear photographs precisely annotated to make identification simple and accurate.

A geology expert explains how to tell rocks from minerals and then shares secrets of spotting sulfides, chromates, igneous and metamorphic rocks, and more.

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Children's Literature - Beverly Kobrin

The more than 500 pictures of individual Rocks and Minerals in Chris Pellant's 5x8-inch handbook make it useful for hobbyists from novice to serious. Mr. Pellant lists special equipment for field and home, details the formation and composition of rocks and minerals, and enhances all with color-coded bands and columns to provide data at a glance.

Book Details

Published
July 1, 1992
Publisher
New York : Dorling Kindersley ; 1992.
Pages
256
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9781564580337

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