A Field Guide to Rocks and Minerals
by Frederick H. Pough
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- Hardcover
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Peter Tavy, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Boston & London: Houghton Mifflin , 1960. The jacket has worn edges......Please Email for further details. Not Signed or Inscribed. Third Edition First Printing . Light Blue Cloth. Very Good + (ABOVE AVERAGE)/Very Good (AVERAGE). Illus. by Illustrated. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾". HARDBACK.
Synopsis
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.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookfarm (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 562785
- Title
- A Field Guide to Rocks and Minerals
- Author
- Frederick H. Pough
- Illustrator
- Illustrated
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good + (ABOVE AVERAGE)
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good (AVERAGE)
- Edition
- Third Edition First Printing
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Place of Publication
- Boston & London
- Date Published
- 1960
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾"
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