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Soft cover. Condizione: Fine. 320 pages : color illustrations ; 18 cm. ; ISBN 9781838861889 [9781782742593] ; LC QE363.2 .C66 2023 ; Contents: Native elements -- Sulphides -- Halogenides -- Oxides and hydroxides -- Nitrates, carbonates, and borates -- Sulphates, chromates, molybdates and tungstates -- -- Phosphates, arsenates, and vanadates -- Silicates -- Other minerals.; Discover the fascinating world of the treasures beneath your feet. Minerals and Gemstones is an accessible and informative reference guide to 300 different minerals and gemstones, from simple sandstones to sanidine, jade and diamond. Learn what the Earth is made of, how its rocks were formed and how minerals and gems are used today. Minerals and Gemstones is divided into sections covering the internationally recognised classification groups. Each entry includes an accurately reproduced and representative colour photograph, and a key information table including specifications such as the colour, lustre, streak, hardness, specific gravity, cleavage, habit and crystal system of each type of mineral and gemstone. Full of facts and with an engaging but expertly written text, this handy, pocket-size book is a valuable reference source as well as a fascinating read ; With 300 entries, Minerals and Gemstones includes a colour photograph, and a key information table including specifications such as the colour, lustre, streak, hardness, specific gravity, cleavage, habit and crystal system for each type of mineral and gemstone featured ; FINE. Book.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. 262 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm ; ISBN: 0312024770 (pbk.); 9780312024772 (pbk.); National Library: 91013006X LCCN: 88-33722 ; LC: E169.12; Dewey: 306.4/0973; NLC: CB430; OCLC: 18874474 ; color photographic paper wrappers ; store stamp on inside front cover ; clipped corner of front endpaper ; Contents: (The word panic is in front of each chapter title) Alphabet -- Art -- Astronomy and torture -- Art in ruins -- America the Beautiful -- Viral advertising -- Ads -- Babies (Ollie and Gorby too) -- Beaches -- Chromatic bureaucracy -- Crash -- Canada -- Computer capitalism -- Chip technology -- Commies -- Cyberspace -- Cowboy -- Doughnuts -- Drugs in America -- de Tocqueville -- Dread -- Desert -- Elvis -- Fashion -- Finance -- Feminism -- Florida sunstrokes -- God -- Hollywood -- History -- Hamburgers - Ideology -- Pleasures of invention -- Jeans -- Killing -- Lips -- Lovers -- Magnets -- Money -- Mythology -- Masterpieces -- Manhattan -- Music -- Martians -- Nietzsche's cat on panic particle physics -- Obscenities -- Ovaries -- Olympics -- Ozone -- Pigeons -- Virtual pilots -- Penis -- Plague -- Perfect faces -- Psychoanalysis -- Politics -- Quiet -- Reno romance -- Racing -- Sex -- Superscience -- Shopping malls -- Suburbs -- Surrealism -- Seagulls -- TV -- Toys -- USA -- Urine -- Viral computers -- Viral theory -- Vanities -- Vice Versa -- Worms -- Waiting -- Xanax -- Yuppies (east and west) -- Zombies ; several photographs of late 1989's art and art installations ; VG. Book.