Dana's minerals and how to study them

Author: Hurlbut, Cornelius S. (Cornelius Searle), 1906-2005
Additional Titles: Minerals and how to study them
Published: New York : Wiley, [1998]
Copyright Date: ©1998
Edition: 4th ed. / Cornelius S. Hurlbut, Jr., W. Edwin Sharp.
Physical Description: viii, 328 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Additional Creators: Sharp, W. Edwin and Dana, Edward Salisbury, 1849-1935

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Contents

Minerals and mineralogy -- Preliminary hints on how to study minerals -- Crystals and crystallography -- Physical properties of minerals -- Mineral chemistry -- Mineral genesis -- Description of the mineral species -- On the determination of minerals -- Determinative tables -- Common minerals arranged according to prominent elements -- Most important minerals of a small collection -- Minerals listed in order of increasing specific gravity.

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ISBN

0471156779 (paper : alk. paper)

Note

Rev. ed. of: Minerals and how to study them / Edward Salisbury Dana. 3rd ed. 1949.
Includes index.

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