| Record Type: |
Language materials, printed
: Monograph/item
|
| Title/Author: |
Minerals // Alessandro Guastoni, Roberto Appiani. |
| Author: |
Guastoni, Alessandro. |
| other author: |
Appiani, Roberto. |
| Published: |
Buffalo, N.Y. :Firefly Books, : 2005., |
| Description: |
256 p. :col. ill. ;20 cm. |
| Notes: |
Originally published: Italy : Mondadori, 2003. |
| Series: |
A firefly guide |
| [NT 15003449]: |
Introduction -- The science of mineralogy -- The forms of crystals and twinning -- Physical properties -- How minerals are studied -- The environments in which minerals form -- The classification of minerals --Minerals -- Class 1: Native elements -- Class 2: Sulfides and sulfosalts -- Class 3: Halides -- Class 4: Oxides and hydroxides -- Class 5: Carbonates -- Class 6: Borates -- Class 7: Sulfates, chromates, molybdates, tungstates -- Class 8: Phosphates, arsenates, vanadates -- Class 9: Silicates -- Class 10: Organic minerals. |
| Subject: |
Minerals - Handbooks, manuals, etc. - |
| ISBN: |
9781554070565 (hbk.) : |