A Peterson Field Guide To Rocks And Minerals (Peterson Field Guides)

A Peterson Field Guide To Rocks And Minerals (Peterson Field Guides)

Frederick H. Pough
$26.99
Publication Date: January 15th, 1998
Publisher:
Mariner Books
ISBN:
9780395910962
Pages:
416
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Description

The definitive guide to rocks and minerals, completely updated for the fifth edition, includes 385 color photographs showing rocks, minerals, and geologic formations. Hundreds of minerals are described, with details such as geographic formations. Hundreds of minerals are described, with details such as geographic distribution, physical properties, chemical composition, and crystalline structures.

About the Author

Frederick H. Pough (1907-2006) was a mineralogist and museum curator who wrote a guide to collecting gems and minerals that became essential for geologists. He wrote A Field Guide to Rocks and Minerals while serving as a curator of physical geology and mineralogy at the American Museum of Natural History in Manhattan.
 

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