Introducing mineralogy /
People have been fascinated by minerals since prehistory. The attractions of minerals lie in their colours, their beautiful crystals and the discoveries of their uses and the metals that can be obtained from them. Minerals receive attention from a wide variety of people: mining executives, collector...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Edinburgh :
Dunedin Academic,
[2015]
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1. The basics of mineralogy
- 2. Typical mineral occurrences
- 3. Atypical concentrations of minerals
- 4. Mineral collecting : where science and leisure overlap
- 5. Studying mineral assemblages and parageneses
- 6. Uses of minerals
- 7. Minerals and the environment.