Iowa's Minerals

Their Occurence, Origins, Industries and Lore

Paul Garvin (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

256 Seiten

1998
University of Iowa Press (Verlag)
978-0-87745-627-8 (ISBN)

Infos

In his carefully written text, geologist Paul Garvin has combined scientific facts about minerals with an appreciation of their history and beauty to produce a book that will appeal to scholars, collectors, and the general public. Garvin begins with a brief treatment of the origins of Iowa's minerals, moving from the oldest - with ages well in excess of a billion years - to those most recently formed. He describes the state's major mineral occurrences, providing detailed information for both specialists and amateurs, including how to obtain access to collecting sites. A history of Iowa's mineral industries complements Garvin's more technical information; this history is supplemented with stories about the Cardiff Giant (who now has his own web page), Ottumwa's Coal Palace, and the meteor falls of the late nineteenth century.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 31.7.1998
• Reihe/Serie: A Bur Oak Original
• Zusatzinfo: Illustrations
• Verlagsort: Iowa
• Sprache: englisch
• Gewicht: 333 g
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Mineralogie / Paläontologie
• ISBN-10: 0-87745-627-5 / 0877456275
• ISBN-13: 978-0-87745-627-8 / 9780877456278
• Zustand: Neuware