Field Guide to Rocks and Minerals (Peterson Field Guides) - Pough, Frederick H.

Clean, tight, unmarked; price clipped; light wear to lower spine extreme; light stain to lower back inside corner of dust jacket; otherwise very minimal wear; The first part of the book suggests where and how to find specimens and how to arrange them in a collection. There is a summary of the various kinds of rocks, followed by brief chapters about the physical attributes of minerals, their chemical and crystal classifications, and certain home laboratory techniques that aid in their identification. In the second and larger section 270 minerals, grouped according to chemical composition, are individually treated. For each entry emphasis is placed on recognition by geographical area and geological environment, important physical properties and crystal outlines, and by other distinguishing characteristics. 
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Hardcover
Houghton Mifflin 
4th Edition
1976
Boston, MA