A Field Guide to Rocks and Minerals

Informationen zum Autor Frederick H. Pough (1907-2006) was a mineralogist and museum curator who wrote a guide to collecting gems and minerals that became essential for geologists. He wrote A Field Guide to Rocks and Minerals while serving as a curator of physical geology and mineralogy at the American Museum of Natural History in Manhattan.   Klappentext The definitive guide to rocks and minerals, completely updated for the fifth edition, includes 385 color photographs showing rocks, minerals, and geologic formations. Hundreds of minerals are described, with details such as geographic formations. Hundreds of minerals are described, with details such as geographic distribution, physical properties, chemical composition, and crystalline structures. Zusammenfassung The definitive guide to rocks and minerals, completely updated for the fifth edition, includes 385 color photographs showing rocks, minerals, and geologic formations. Hundreds of minerals are described, with details such as geographic formations. Hundreds of minerals are described, with details such as geographic distribution, physical properties, chemical composition, and crystalline structures.

Product details

• Authors: POUGH, Frederick H. Pough, Frederick H./ Scovil Pough, Jeffrey Scovil
• Assisted by: Jeffrey Scovil (Photographer), Jeffrey Scovil (Photographs), Roger Tory Peterson (Editor)
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.01.1998
• EAN: 9780395910962
• ISBN: 978-0-395-91096-2
• Dimensions: 114 mm x 184 mm x 32 mm
• Series: Peterson Field Guides (Paperba; Peterson Field Guides (Paperba; Peterson Field Guides
• Subjects: Guides > Nature; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Mineralogy, petrography; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Natural science; Kinder/Jugendliche: Sachbuch: Natur und Tiere, Gesteine, Mineralien und Fossilien: Sachbuch, HISTORY: WORLD, NATURE: Animals / Wildlife, NATURE: Animals / Mammals, ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES: SCIENCE & NATURE, NATURE: Animals / Fish, NATURE: Reference, SCIENCE: Natural History, NATURE: Birdwatching Guides, NATURE: Animals / Birds, NATURE: Natural Resources, SCIENCE: Earth Sciences / Geology, NATURE: Rocks & Minerals