Peterson First Guide To Rocks And Minerals: Identify Common and Exotic Gems―A Beautifully Illustrated Guide for Beginners - Brossura

Pough, Frederick H.; Peterson, Roger Tory

 
9780395935439: Peterson First Guide To Rocks And Minerals: Identify Common and Exotic Gems―A Beautifully Illustrated Guide for Beginners

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Written and designed for the beginner, this book describes and illustrates the most common and interesting rocks and minerals, from simple sandstone to exotic gems. Illustrated with dozens of beautiful color photographs, it tells how these rocks and minerals formed and how to identify them--and includes tips on collecting.

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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.
 

ROGER TORY PETERSON, one of the world’s greatest naturalists, received every major award for ornithology, natural science, and conservation as well as numerous honorary degrees, medals, and citations, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The Peterson Identification System has been called the greatest invention since binoculars.

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9780395562758: Rocks and Minerals

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ISBN 10:  0395562759 ISBN 13:  9780395562758
Casa editrice: Houghton Mifflin (Trade), 1991
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