Minerals : an illustrated exploration of the dynamic world of minerals and their properties / George...
Minerals : an illustrated exploration of the dynamic world of minerals and their properties / George...
Minerals : an illustrated exploration of the dynamic world of minerals and their properties / George W. Robinson ; photography by Jeffrey A. Scovil ; mineral specimens from the collection of the Canadian Museum of Nature.
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New York : Simon & Schuster, c1994.
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TQ064932
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English
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207 p. : col. ill. ; 31 cm.
Contents
Pt. I. The Earth and Its Minerals. Ch. 1. Thinking like a Geologist. Ch. 2. Continents Adrift. Ch. 3. Minerals. Ch. 4. The Rock Cycle -- Pt. II. Minerals from Molten Rock. Ch. 5. Crystallization. Ch. 6. Gems from the Deep. Ch. 7. Carbonatites: Unusual Rocks with Unusual Minerals. Ch. 8. Granitic Peg...
Ch. 25. Summary of the Chemical Alteration of Minerals -- Pt. V. Recrystallization. Ch. 26. Heat and Pressure. Ch. 27. Metamorphism. Ch. 28. Composition. Ch. 29. Complex Recrystallization. Ch. 30. Skarns: Trash or Treasure? Ch. 31. Rodingites -- Ch. 32. Summary of Recrystallization -- Pt. VI. Summar...
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Publisher
New York : Simon & Schuster, c1994.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
c1994.
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Minerals : an illustrated exploration of the dynamic world of minerals and their properties / George W. Robinson ; photography by Jeffrey A. Scovil ; mineral specimens from the collection of the Canadian Museum of Nature.
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"A Peter N. Nevraumont book."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Transferred from NQ549/17.
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c1994.
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TQ064932
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74VMBqQl7pRb
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VMBqQl7pRb
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ISBN
0671880020
9780671880026
DDC
549
MMS ID
991002299199702626
