A field guide to rocks and minerals
By: Frederick H. Pough, photographs by Jeffrey Scovil.
Edition: 5th ed.
Series: The Peterson field guide series ;; 7
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 396
Subjects: Mineralogy, Determinative; Rocks
Description: Explains how to start and organize a rock collection; provides detailed descriptions of hundreds of minerals with information on geographic distribution, physical properties, chemical composition, and crystalline structures; and includes 385 color photographs.
Notes: Also available as an electronic book via the World Wide Web to institutions affiliated with netLibrary, Inc.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 377-181) and index.
"Sponsored by the National Audubon Society, the National Wildlife Federation, and the Roger Tory Peterson Institute."