Dana's Minerals and How to Study Them

Cornelius S. Hurlbut, W.Edwin Sharp (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

328 Seiten

1998 | 4th Revised edition
John Wiley & Sons Inc (Verlag)
978-0-471-15677-2 (ISBN)

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This short, practical guide to the identification of hand specimen minerals utilizes simple methods of observation and inexpensive tools. Based on the Dana system of classification, it is a portable, everyday companion to the soon-to-be-published, comprehensive reference, Dana's New Mineralogy, Eighth Edition.

This short, practical guide to the identification of hand specimen minerals utilizes simple methods of observation and inexpensive tools. It gives a guidline on how to collect minerals as well as a tone and language that evoke the charm of an earlier scientific era. A companion volume to the newly revised Dana's New Mineralogy, this book will reward the student of nature seeking an introduction to minerals and their identification.

CORNELIUS S. HURLBUT, Jr. is Professor Emeritus of Mineralogy at Harvard University. W. EDWIN SHARP is Professor of Geology at the University of South Carolina.

Minerals and Mineralogy. Preliminary Hints on How to Study Minerals. Crystals and Crystallography. Physical Properties of Minerals. Mineral Chemistry. Mineral Genesis. Description of the Mineral Species. On the Determination of Minerals Determinative Tables. Appendices. Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	27.2.1998
Zusatzinfo	colour illustrations
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 230 mm
Gewicht	492 g
Einbandart	Paperback
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Mineralogie / Paläontologie
ISBN-10	0-471-15677-9 / 0471156779
ISBN-13	978-0-471-15677-2 / 9780471156772
Zustand	Neuware