Minerals; Nature's Fabulous Jewels"The first part provides a general introduction to minerals, dealing with such topics as man's use of minerals and the properties of various types. This section is followed by a "splendid gallery of minerals"--a selection of more than one hundred minerals, superbly illustrated and discussed in detailed commentaries. Specific descriptive data are given, as well as information about where is mineral is found, the conditions under which it was formed, its use in industry, and its value to the lapidarist and collector. Supplementary technical and scientific information is provided by diagrams and drawings, an appendix to the chemical elements, and a selected bibliography"--Book jacket. |
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2H2O Monoclinic amethyst angles apatite apophyllite aragonite Arizona axes azurite barite BARITE Collection beryl borax Brazil CaCO3 Hexagonal calcite CALCITE Collection calcium California carbonate CELESTITE chalcopyrite characteristic chemical composition Chihuahua cleavage color commonly copper County Court crust crystal form crystal system crystalline structure cube cubic deposits developed displays earth elements example fact feldspar FeS2 fluorite galena gem-quality geode geologist goethite gold granite Greek growth GYPSUM halite Halpern hematite Hexagonal important inorganic interesting iron Isometric known Land lava limestone limonite Locality magma malachite marcasite McGuinness metallic luster Mexico mimetite Minas Gerais mineral mineralogists mining Monoclinic name comes nonmetallic olivine orthoclase Orthorhombic oxide pattern pegmatites phosphorus pinacoid plate prism pseudomorph pyrite QUARTZ Collection quartz crystals QUARTZ variety referred rocks shape Siderite silica SiO2 Hexagonal Smale smoky quartz sodium specific gravity specimen SPHALERITE Stilbite sulfide sulfur surface Tetragonal tourmaline transparent Triclinic twin variety selenite vein wolframite