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Cornelis Klein - Manual of Mineral Science - 9780471721574 - V9780471721574
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Manual of Mineral Science

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Description for Manual of Mineral Science Hardcover. The classic in the field since 1848, this extraordinary reference offers readers unsurpassed coverage of mineralogy and crystallography. The book is known for integrating complete coverage of concepts and principles with a more systematic and descriptive treatment of mineralogy. Num Pages: 704 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: PNV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 282 x 218 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1652.
First published in 1848, authored by J.D. Dana, the Manual of Mineral Science now enters its 23rd edition.  This new edition continues in the footsteps or its predecessors as the standard textbook in Mineralogy/Mineral Science/Earth Materials/Rocks and Minerals courses. 

This new edition contains 22 chapters, instead of 14 as in the prior edition.  This is the result of having packaged coherent subject matter into smaller, more easily accessible units.  Each chapter has a new and expanded introductory statement, which gives the user a quick overview of what is to come.  Just before these introductions, each chapter features a new illustration that ... Read more

NEW Thoroughly Revised Lab Manual       ISBN13: 978-0-471-77277-4

Also published by John Wiley & Sons, the thoroughly updated Laboratory Manual: Minerals and Rocks: Exercises in Crystal and Mineral Chemistry, Crystallography, X-ray Powder Diffraction, Mineral and Rock Identification, and Ore Mineralogy, 3e, is for use in the mineralogy laboratory and covers the subject matter in the same sequence as the Manual of Mineral Science, 23e.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Number of pages
704
Condition
New
Number of Pages
704
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780471721574
SKU
V9780471721574
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-19

About Cornelis Klein
Dr. Cornelius Klein is the noted academic mineralogist who co-authored, and later took on the monumental task of updating, Dana's original Manual of Mineralogy. James D. Dana (1813 - 1895) graduated from Yale University in 1833. He joined a U.S. exploring expedition to the South Seas (1838 - 42), acting as a geologist and zoologist. His contributions to the American ... Read more

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