Rocks and Minerals Photographic Guide
Author(s): Pellant, Chris and Pellant, Helen
For experts and armchair enthusiasts like, Rocks and Minerals: A Photographic Field Guide will appeal to anyone interested in uncovering the mysteries of this subject.
A general introduction is followed by an introduction to rocks covering the three groups: igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary, plus their formation and occurrence, main characteristics and economic uses. A number of examples from each category will be detailed an illustrated.
The second part of the book begins with an introduction to minerals, including gemstones, explaining their classification, occurrence, formation and characteristics, identification and economic uses. This is followed by accounts and images of a wide selection of examples.
General Information
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- : Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- : Featherstone Education
- : 0.257
- : 20 November 2014
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Other Specifications
- : Pellant, Chris and Pellant, Helen
- : Paperback
- : 552
- : 192
More About The Product
An easy to use, highly informative guide, illustrated throughout with colour photographs. This title covers all classifications of rocks and minerals and features examples from around the world.
Chris and Helen Pellant are based in North Yorkshire and they began writing books together in the 1980s. They have written a number of earth science books, and also run their own photographic library (www.picsandwords.com). They are keen conservationists, studying and recording everything from plants and lepidoptera to marine life.
