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An easy to use field guide that contains everything rock and mineral enthusiasts need to know with more than 1,000 spectacular illustrations—600 in full color!Practical, concise, and easy to use,
Simon & Schuster’s Guide to Rocks and Minerals contains everything that the rock and mineral enthusiast needs to know. This field guide is divided into two large sections—one devoted to minerals and one to rocks, each prefaced by a comprehensive introduction that discusses formation, chemistry, and more. All 377 entries, beautifully illustrated with color photographs and helpful visual symbols, provide descriptions and practical information about appearance, classification, rarity, crystal formation, mode of occurrence, gravity of mineral, rock chemistry, modal classification fields, formational environments, grain sizes of rocks, and much more.
Whether you are a serious collector or an information-seeking amateur, this incomparably beautiful, authoritative guide will prove an invaluable reference.
List of contents
CONTENTSPART ONE -- MINERALSINTRODUCTION TO MINERALS
THE MINERALS
Native Elements
Sulfides
Halides
Oxides and Hydroxides
Nitrates
Sulfates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates
Silicates
Organic Substances
PART TWO -- ROCKSINTRODUCTION TO ROCKS
THE ROCKS
Igneous Rocks
Sedimentary Rocks
Metamorphic Rocks
GLOSSARY
INDEX OF ENTRIES
ILLUSTRATION CREDITS
About the author
Simon & Schuster is the author of Macmillan Dictionary for Children, a Simon & Schuster book.
