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Field book of common rocks and minerals

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Field book of common rocks and minerals

Frederic Brewster Loomis and Walter Everett Corbin

262 pages~5 hr 13 min read356 chapters$4.99
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Every roadside cut and gravel bank holds specimens worth pocketing. Loomis teaches how and where to collect rocks and minerals, how to read their forms and properties, and how to identify the common stones underfoot. A practical guide to slip in the field bag. Learn the rocks and minerals you pass by every day.

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356 chapters

  1. 1Field Book of Common Rocks and Minerals
  2. 2PREFACE
  3. 3CONTENTS
  4. 4LIST OF PLATES (AT END OF BOOK)
  5. 5CHAPTER I AN INTRODUCTION
  6. 6Why
  7. 7Collecting
  8. 8Where
  9. 9Equipment
  10. 10Study Your Collection
  11. 11Literature
  12. 12CHAPTER II ON THE FORMS AND PROPERTIES OF MINERALS
  13. 13Rocks
  14. 14Minerals
  15. 15Crystal Structure
  16. 16Crystal Systems
  17. 17Isometric system
  18. 18Crystal formation

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