The definitive guide to rocks and minerals, completely updated for the fifth edition, includes 385 color photographs showing rocks, minerals, and geologic formations. Hundreds of minerals are described, with details such as geographic formations. Hundreds of minerals are described, with details such as geographic distribution, physical properties, chemical composition, and crystalline structures.
This is Book 3 in the Peterson Field Guides Series. See all Peterson Field Guides books here.
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Jeffrey A. Scovil, a professional mineral photographer, is the author of Photographing Minerals, Fossils, and Lapidary Materials and was featured in The Grandmasters of Mineral Photography.
Frederick H. Pough (1907-2006) was a mineralogist and museum curator who wrote a guide to collecting gems and minerals that became essential for geologists. He wrote A F
