A Peterson Field Guide To Rocks And Minerals

by Frederick H. Pough

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780395910962
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	01/15/1998
Series:	Peterson Field Guides
Edition description:	Fifth Edition
Pages:	416
Product dimensions:	4.50(w) x 7.25(h) x 1.19(d)

About the Author

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 Field Guide to Rocks and Minerals while serving as a curator of physical geology and mineralogy at the American Museum of Natural History in Manhattan.