Minerals Encyclopedia by Rupert Hochleitner - ISBN: 9780228103622
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Unlock Earth’s hidden treasures: A rockhound’s essential visual mineral guide.
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Minerals Encyclopedia

700 Minerals, Gems and Rocks

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  • Paperback

    448 pages

  • Release Date

    24 October 2022

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Summary

Mineral collecting by amateur “rockhounds” has never been more popular. Old quarries, road cuts, and exposed landscapes are being examined by new generations of minerals enthusiasts. Each needs a comprehensive guidebook with clear photographs and accurate data. This is it.

In a thick but handy format, more than 700 different minerals and rocks are grouped by colour (for ease of location in the book) - blue, red, yellow, brown, green, white and black crystals; brown and grey sedimentar…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780228103622
ISBN-10:0228103622
Author:Rupert Hochleitner
Publisher:Firefly Books Ltd
Imprint:Firefly Books Ltd
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:448
Release Date:24 October 2022
Weight:710g
Dimensions:32mm x 136mm x 197mm
A-Format
Minerals Encyclopedia by Rupert Hochleitner - ISBN: 9780228103622
136 × 197 mm
B-Format
C-Format
A4
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About The Author

Rupert Hochleitner

Rupert Hochleitner has a PhD in Mineralogy. His area of specialization is systematic mineralogy. Other research areas are meteorites, in particular those of the planet Mars, oxidation minerals, and pegmatitic phosphate minerals. He has published numerous scientific articles and was for a long time editor-in-chief of the journal LAPIS, a specialist magazine for mineral collectors and mineral lovers. Since 1993, he has been deputy director of the Mineralogical State Collection, Munich.

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