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Collectors Guide To The Minerals Of New
Dr. Steven C Chamberlain
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Description for Collectors Guide To The Minerals Of New
Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages, 153 color photos, 1 chart. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; WNR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 278 x 214 x 9. Weight in Grams: 496.
Continuing a tradition that began in 1842, this book examines 24 localities of particular interest to mineral collectors. These localities are organized by how they occur (in sedimentary rocks, in crystalline rocks, in fractures)—a new approach that brings coherence to relationships among similar localities. For each locality, its significance to specimen mineralogy, collecting history, geological setting, origin, and a thorough description of the minerals of particular interest to collectors are presented, based on the latest research and nomenclature. Over 150 clear color photos show some of the finest specimens ever collected from each locality. Similar New York state localities are ... Read more
Continuing a tradition that began in 1842, this book examines 24 localities of particular interest to mineral collectors. These localities are organized by how they occur (in sedimentary rocks, in crystalline rocks, in fractures)—a new approach that brings coherence to relationships among similar localities. For each locality, its significance to specimen mineralogy, collecting history, geological setting, origin, and a thorough description of the minerals of particular interest to collectors are presented, based on the latest research and nomenclature. Over 150 clear color photos show some of the finest specimens ever collected from each locality. Similar New York state localities are ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
Atglen, United States
ISBN
9780764343346
SKU
V9780764343346
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About Dr. Steven C Chamberlain
Dr. Steven C. Chamberlain has been publishing research in mineralogy for 35 years. He is a specialist in New York minerals. Dr. George W. Robinson has been a mineral museum curator for 30 years, at the Canadian Museum of Nature and the Seaman Mineral Museum at Michigan Tech. A native New Yorker, he has collected and researched the state's ... Read more
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