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A field guide to rocks and minerals
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A field guide to rocks and minerals

Author: Frederick H Pough; Jeffrey A Scovil; National Audubon Society.; National Wildlife Federation.; Roger Tory Peterson Institute.
Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin, ©1996.
Series: The Peterson field guide series, 7
Edition/Format: Book : eBook : English : 5th edView all editions and formats
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Frederick H Pough; Jeffrey A Scovil; National Audubon Society.; National Wildlife Federation.; Roger Tory Peterson Institute.
ISBN: 0395727782 9780395727782 0395727774 9780395727775 0395910978 9780395910979 039591096X : 9780395910962 0585067929 9780585067926
OCLC Number: 31867282
Notes: "Sponsored by the National Audubon Society, the National Wildlife Federation, and the Roger Tory Peterson Institute." Map on front endpaper.
Description: xv, 396 p., 64 leaves of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 20 cm.
Contents: An introduction to the study of rocks and minerals : your mineral collection -- Rocks and minerals and where to find them : geographical distribution -- Rock classifications -- Igneous rocks -- Sedimentary rocks -- Metamorphic rocks -- Mineral environments -- Physical properties of minerals : distinguishing characteristics -- Mineral textures and outlines of aggregates -- Crystal classifications : the crystal systems -- Other forms and phenomena -- The chemical classification of minerals -- Tests, techniques, and tips -- Mineral descriptions : elements -- Sulfides and sulfosalts -- Oxides -- Halides -- Carbonates -- Nitrates -- Borates -- Sulfates -- Phosphates, arsenates, vanadates, and uranates -- Tungstates (wolframates) and molybdates -- Silicates -- Silica type -- Disilicate type -- Metasilicate types -- Pyrosilicate type -- Orthosilicate type -- Subsilicate type.
Series Title: The Peterson field guide series, 7
Other Titles: Rocks and minerals
Responsibility: Frederick H. Pough ; photographs by Jeffrey Scovil.

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