"700 minerals, gems and rocks ; Bonus: Meteorites" -- Cover.
"Includes 600 illustrations ; 800 photos"--Cover.
"With 600 illustrations of crystal shapes"--Page 4 of cover.
Translation of: Der Kosmos Mineralienführer. Stuttgart : Kosmos, 2019.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (page 437) and index.
Summary
"Identify over 700 minerals, gems and rocks using the proven classification: Steak color, degree of hardness and origin." -- Back cover.
"This is a superior reference for rockhounds, geology students and outdoors people with an interest in what's under their feet."-- Provided by publisher.
Language
Text in English, translated from the German.
Contents
What stone is that? -- The properties of minerals -- The origin and occurence of minerals -- The classifications of rocks -- Identifying minerals, rocks and gemstones -- What are meteorites? -- Rock profiles. Streak blue: from chalcoalumite to crossite ; Streak red: from kermesite to hematite ; Streak yellow: from realgar to durangite ; Streak brown: from mcgovernite to rutile ; Streak green: from tyrolite to gadolinite ; Streak black: from graphite to gahnite ; Streak white: from mercury to diamond ; The rocks: from granite to lignite ; The meteorites: from octahedrite to shatter cone -- Collecting minerals and rocks -- Organizing a mineral collection.
