Complete Illustrated Guide to Rocks of the World - A Practical Directory of Over 150 Igneous, Sedimentary Metaphoric

Klappentext This is the ultimate photographic guide to over 150 types of rocks! with many tips on sourcing rocks in the field and identifying collected specimens! and including expert analysis of the key rock-forming environments of the world. Features more than 375 beautifully shot photographs and concise artworks. Zusammenfassung This is the ultimate photographic guide to over 150 types of rocks! with many tips on sourcing rocks in the field and identifying collected specimens! and including expert analysis of the key rock-forming environments of the world. Features more than 375 beautifully shot photographs and concise artworks.

Product details

• Authors: John Farndon, Farndon John
• Publisher: Lorenz Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.11.2012
• EAN: 9780754825623
• ISBN: 978-0-7548-2562-3
• No. of pages: 128
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Mineralogy, petrography; Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works; NATURE / Rocks & Minerals, NATURE / Reference, NATURE / Fossils, Reference works, Rocks, minerals & fossils, Rocks, minerals and fossils: general interest