A Field Guide to Rocks and Minerals

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Houghton Mifflin, 1960 - Nature - 349 pages
Explains how to start and organize a rock collection; provides detailed descriptions of hundreds of minerals with information on geographic distribution, physical properties, chemical composition, and crystalline structures; and includes 385 color photographs.

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Your Mineral Collection
3
Rocks and Minerals and Where To Find Them
12
Special Features of Sedimentary Rocks
22
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