Rocks and Minerals: A Guide to Familiar Minerals, Gems, Ores and Rocks (Golden Guides) 🔍
by Herbert S. Zim [and] Paul R. Shaffer. Illustrated by Raymond Perlman
New York: Golden Press, A Golden nature guide, New York, New York State, 1961
English [en] · PDF · 12.6MB · 1961 · 📗 Book (unknown) · 🚀/ia · Save
description
Includes information on collecting and identifying minerals, and sections on metallic, nonmetallic, gem and rock-forming minerals, and on igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks.
Alternative author
Zim, Herbert S. (Herbert Spencer), 1909-1994; Shaffer, Paul R. (Paul Raymond), 1910-; Perlman, Raymond
Alternative author
Raymond Perlman; Paul R Shaffer; Herbert S Zim
Alternative author
Herbert Spencer Zim; Paul R. Shaffer
Alternative publisher
Golden Books Publishing Company, Incorporated
Alternative publisher
Random House, Incorporated
Alternative publisher
Vintage Books
Alternative publisher
Goldencraft
Alternative edition
United States, United States of America
Alternative edition
Golden nature guide, New York, 1957
Alternative edition
Golden guide, New York, ca. 1978
Alternative edition
1961-06-01
Alternative description
Includes bibliographical references and index
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
A pocket guide which identifies more than 400 specimens of rocks, minerals and gems, explains their economic importance and describes their uses
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
A pocket guide which identifies more than 400 specimens of rocks, minerals and gems, explains their economic importance and describes their uses
date open sourced
2023-06-28
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