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Available
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Collection
Publication
Houghton Mifflin (P) (1991), 128 pages
Description
Explains how to start and organize a rock collection; provides detailed descriptions of hundreds of minerals with information on geographic distribution, physical properties, chemical composition, and crystalline structures; and includes 385 color photographs.
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LibraryThing member mykl-s
One summer, when I was a young parent, I became interested in geology. I asked for this book, and did get a copy for Christmas. By that time, I had realized what I really wanted to learn about was landforms, geologic events, what the places I saw now had gone through as they changed into their
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current forms. Rocks were interesting only as part of the whole picture. But still, the book was full of interesting information even though I never used it as a "field guide." Show Less
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Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
1953
Physical description
128 p.; 3.75 x 0.25 inches
ISBN
0395562759 / 9780395562758