Dana's Minerals and How to Study Them (After Edward Salisbury Dana)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. |
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Thorough introduction to minerals and mineralogy. Technically detailed but well written and accessible for the non-specialist reader. Includes useful tables of characteristics for identification of minerals.
Contents
Physical Properties of Minerals | 63 |
Mineral Chemistry | 87 |
Mineral Genesis | 115 |
Description of the Mineral Species | 133 |
On the Determination of Minerals | 285 |
Common Minerals Arranged According | 305 |
Common terms and phrases
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Dana's Minerals and How to Study Them (After Edward Salisbury Dana) |
| Authors | Cornelius S. Hurlbut, W. Edwin Sharp |
| Editors | Cornelius S. Hurlbut, W. Edwin Sharp |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | John Wiley & Sons, 1998 |
| ISBN | 0471156779, 9780471156772 |
| Length | 328 pages |
| Subjects | › › Science / Earth Sciences / Geology Science / Earth Sciences / Mineralogy |
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