A field guide to rocks and minerals /

• Main Author: Pough, Frederick H. (συγγραφέας.)
• Corporate Authors: National Audubon Society, National Wildlife Federation, Roger Tory Peterson Institute
• Other Authors: Scovil, Jeffrey A. (επιμελητής.)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1996.
• Edition: 5th ed.
• Series: Peterson field guide series 7.
• Subjects: Ορυκτολογία; Ηλεκτρονικά βιβλία
• Item Description: "Sponsored by the National Audubon Society, the Wildlife Federation, and the Roger Tory Peterson Institute."
• Physical Description: 1 ηλεκτρονική πηγή (xv, 395 σ.) : έγχρ. εικ.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 0585067929; 9780585067926

Explains how to start and organize a rock collection; provides detailed descriptions of hundreds of minerals with information on geographic distribution, physical properties, chemical composition, and crystalline structures; and includes 385 color photographs.