Dana's Minerals and How to Study Them Fourth Edition
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This short, practical guide to the identification of hand specimen minerals utilizes simple methods of observation and inexpensive tools. It gives a guidline on how to collect minerals as well as a tone and language that evoke the charm of an earlier scientific era. A companion volume to the newly revised Dana's New Mineralogy, this book will reward the student of nature seeking an introduction to minerals and their identification.
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CORNELIUS S. HURLBUT, Jr. is Professor Emeritus of Mineralogy at Harvard University.
W. EDWIN SHARP is Professor of Geology at the University of South Carolina.
W. EDWIN SHARP is Professor of Geology at the University of South Carolina.
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Minerals and Mineralogy.
Preliminary Hints on How to Study Minerals.
Crystals and Crystallography.
Physical Properties of Minerals.
Mineral Chemistry.
Mineral Genesis.
Description of the Mineral Species.
On the Determination of Minerals Determinative Tables.
Appendices.
Index.
Preliminary Hints on How to Study Minerals.
Crystals and Crystallography.
Physical Properties of Minerals.
Mineral Chemistry.
Mineral Genesis.
Description of the Mineral Species.
On the Determination of Minerals Determinative Tables.
Appendices.
Index.
