Handbook of Rocks, Minerals, and Gemstones

by Schumann, Walter

• ISBN13: 9780395511374
• ISBN10: 0395511372
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1993-01-04
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Summary

This handbook includes more than 600 stunning color photographs showing rocks, minerals, and gems from all over the world. Each specimen is described in detail: its origin and structure, chemical composition, hardness, color, and other properties.

Table of Contents

General introduction	p. 8
Minerals	p. 10
The Science of Minerals	p. 11
The history of the mineral sciences	p. 11
The origins and structure of minerals	p. 12
Properties of minerals	p. 20
Classification of minerals	p. 32
Rock-Forming Minerals	p. 35
Minerals of igneous rocks	p. 35
Minerals of sedimentary rocks	p. 62
Minerals of metamorphic rocks	p. 76
Ore-Forming Minerals	p. 95
Ore deposits	p. 96
Minerals of precious metal ores	p. 100
Minerals of ferrous metal ores	p. 104
Minerals of the non-ferrous metal ores	p. 124
Ore minerals of copper	p. 124
Minerals as Gemstones	p. 157
Rocks	p. 186
Introduction to Petrology	p. 187
Igneous Rocks	p. 190
Plutonic rocks	p. 195
Volcanic rocks	p. 228
Dyke rocks	p. 256
Sedimentary Rocks	p. 260
Clastic sedimentary rocks	p. 264
Chemical-biogenic sedimentary rocks	p. 280
Metamorphic Rocks	p. 304
Meteorites	p. 330
Stones from Outer Space	p. 331
Appendix	p. 336
Hints for collectors	p. 336
Table of chemical elements	p. 337
Selection of British Standard and ASTM regulations on natural stone	p. 338
Geological column	p. 339
Bibliography	p. 340
Mineral determinative tables	p. 342
Aids to the identification of rocks	p. 366
Index	p. 371
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