Description
The definitive guide to rocks and minerals, completely updated for the fifth edition, includes 385 color photographs showing rocks, minerals, and geologic formations. Hundreds of minerals are described, with details such as geographic formations. Hundreds of minerals are described, with details such as geographic distribution, physical properties, chemical composition, and crystalline structures.
Jeffrey A. Scovil, a professional mineral photographer, is the author ofPhotographing Minerals, Fossils, and Lapidary Materialsand was featured inThe Grandmasters of Mineral Photography.
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 wroteA Field Guide to Rocks and Mineralswhile 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.
Mariner Books
Pub Date:January 15, 1998
1.3″ H x 7.3″ L x 4.5″ W
416 pages
paperback
