| Description |
160 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm. |
| Series |
A Golden nature guide |
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Golden nature guide.
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| Summary |
Includes information on collecting and identifying minerals, and sections on metallic, nonmetallic, gem and rock-forming minerals, and on igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks. |
| Contents |
Seeing the earth and its rocks -- Activities for amateurs -- Identifying minerals -- Metallic minerals -- Nonmetallic minerals -- Gem minerals -- Rock-forming minerals -- Igneous rocks -- Sedimentary rocks -- Metamorphic rocks -- Rocks in daily use. |
| Subject |
Mineralogy.
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Petrology.
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| Added Author |
Shaffer, Paul R. (Paul Raymond), 1910- author.
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Perlman, Raymond, illustrator.
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