Editore: Mir Publishers, Moscow, 1982
Da: Rainy Day Paperback, Bethel, CT, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: GOOD. English. 1982 edition, translated and revised from the 1979 Russian. Green faux leather binding with gilt lettering. No DJ. Tight, bright, clean and square. Unmarked except for owner's name inside front cover. 1" crack in back endpaper at seam. Concerned with the physical properties, chemical composition, and origin of minerals, and also with the systematic description of the latter. The petrographic sections of the text introduce the essentials of igneous sedimentary and metamorphic rocks: their composition, occurrence, and origin. The description of minerals and rocks is, where appropriate, supplied with an indication of their practical value and sites of occurrence.