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Cornelius S. Hurlbut; W. Edwin Sharp
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Language: English
Published by Wiley, 1998
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- Title
- Dana's Minerals and How to Study Them (After Edward Salisbury Dana)
- Author
- Cornelius S. Hurlbut; W. Edwin Sharp
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Publication year
- 1998
- Condition
- Fair
- Dust jacket
- No Jacket
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0471156779
- ISBN 13
- 9780471156772
- Edition
- 4th Edition
- Item weight
- 1.12 pounds
This short, practical guide to the identification of hand specimen minerals utilizes simple methods of observation and inexpensive tools. It gives a guidline on how to collect minerals as well as a tone and language that evoke the charm of an earlier scientific era. A companion volume to the newly revised Dana′s New Mineralogy, this book will reward the student of nature seeking an introduction to minerals and their identification.
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About the Author
CORNELIUS S. HURLBUT, Jr. is Professor Emeritus of Mineralogy at Harvard University.
W. EDWIN SHARP is Professor of Geology at the University of South Carolina.
W. EDWIN SHARP is Professor of Geology at the University of South Carolina.
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