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Minerals (Barron's Nature Guide)


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Date Created: 2010-09-08
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Author: Hochleitner
Binding: Paperback
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Publisher: Barron's Educational Series
Edition: 1st English Language Ed
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Publication Year: 1994
ISBN#: 0-8120-1777-3
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Pages: 237
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This Barron's guide is a new kind of book for identifying minerals, one that even beginners can use to make quick, sure identifications. The simple, easy-to-understand profiles are supplemented by sketches of crystals made by the author especially for this book and based on the most up-to-date crystallographic data. It is a field guide to mineral deposits, categorized by color and degree of hardness for fast, easy identification.