Smithsonian Handbooks: Rocks & Minerals
by Pellant, ChrisFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2002-07-12
Publisher(s): DK Publishing, Inc.
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Summary
DK's Smithsonian Handbook of Rocks and Minerals combines 600 vivid full-color photos with descriptions of more than 500 specimens. This authoritative, systematic, and clear photographic approach marks a new generation of identification guides. Book jacket.
Author Biography
Chris Pellant lectures in Earth Sciences at Kirby College of Further Education in Cleveland, England.
Table of Contents
| Introduction | p. 6 |
| Collecting Rocks and Minerals | p. 6 |
| Field Equipment | p. 8 |
| Home Equipment | p. 10 |
| Organizing your Collection | p. 12 |
| How This Book Works | p. 14 |
| Mineral or Rock? | p. 16 |
| Mineral Formation | p. 18 |
| Mineral Composition | p. 20 |
| Mineral Characteristics | p. 22 |
| Mineral Identification | p. 28 |
| How Rocks are Formed | p. 30 |
| Igneous Rock Characteristics | p. 32 |
| Types of Metamorphism | p. 34 |
| Metamorphic Rock Characteristics | p. 36 |
| Sedimentary Rock Characteristics | p. 38 |
| Rock Identification Key | p. 40 |
| Minerals | p. 46 |
| Native Elements | p. 46 |
| Sulfides and Sulfosalts | p. 52 |
| Halides | p. 70 |
| Oxides and Hydroxides | p. 76 |
| Carbonates, Nitrates, and Borates | p. 98 |
| Sulfates, Chromates, Molybdates, and Tungstates | p. 110 |
| Phosphates, Arsenates, and Vanadates | p. 120 |
| Silicates | p. 132 |
| Rocks | p. 180 |
| Igneous Rocks | p. 180 |
| Metamorphic Rocks | p. 208 |
| Sedimentary Rocks | p. 222 |
| Glossary | p. 250 |
| Index | p. 252 |
| Acknowledgements | p. 256 |
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