Smithsonian Handbooks: Rocks and Minerals
Table of Contents
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Introduction
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6
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Collecting Rocks and Minerals |
6
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Field Equipment |
8
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Home Equipment |
10
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Organizing your Collection |
12
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How This Book Works
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14
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Mineral or Rock?
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16
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Mineral Formation
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18
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Mineral Composition
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20
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Mineral Characteristics |
22
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Mineral Identification |
28
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How Rocks are Formed
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30
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Igneous Rock Characteristics |
32
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Types of Metamorphism
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34
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Metamorphic Rock Characteristics |
36
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Sedimentary Rock Characteristics |
38
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Rock Identification Key |
40
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Minerals
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46
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Native Elements
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46
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Sulfides and Sulfosalts
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52
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Halides |
70
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Oxides and Hydroxides |
76
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Carbonates, Nitrates, and Borates |
98
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Sulfates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates |
110
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Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates |
120
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Silicates |
132
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Rocks
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180
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Igneous Rocks |
180
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Metamorphic Rocks |
208
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Sedimentary Rocks |
222
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| Glossary
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250
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| Index
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252
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| Acknowledgements
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256
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