| A Peterson Field Guide to Rocks and Minerals Contributor(s): Pough, Frederick H. (Author) |
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ISBN: 039591096X ISBN-13: 9780395910962 Publisher: Mariner Books OUR PRICE: $24.29 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1998 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Nature | Rocks & Minerals - Nature | Birdwatching Guides - Nature | Animals - Birds |
| Dewey: 549.1 |
| LCCN: 94049005 |
| Series: Peterson Field Guides |
| Physical Information: 1.3" H x 4.5" W x 7.3" (1.05 lbs) 416 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Contributor Bio(s): Scovil, Jeffrey: - Jeffrey A. Scovil, a professional mineral photographer, is the author of Photographing Minerals, Fossils, and Lapidary Materials and was featured in The Grandmasters of Mineral Photography. Pough, Frederick H.: - 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 wrote A Field Guide to Rocks and Minerals while serving as a curator of physical geology and mineralogy at the American Museum of Natural History in Manhattan. Peterson, Roger Tory: - 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. |