Smithsonian Handbooks: Rocks & Minerals

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ISBN: 9780789491060 | 0789491060
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 7/12/2002

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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.

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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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