Rocks and Minerals
Peterson Field Guide Series
by Frederick H. Pough
Rocks and Minerals - Peterson Field Guides
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| PART I: An Introduction to the Study of Rocks and Minerals | |
| Your Mineral Collection |
1
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| Care of the collection, collecting and testing equipment, reagents, testing supplies | |
| Rocks and Minerals and Where to Find Them |
12
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| Geographical Distribution |
13
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| Rock Classifications |
15
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| Igneous Rocks |
15
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| Sedimentary Rocks |
26
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| Metamorphic Rocks |
31
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| Mineral Environments |
37
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| Physical Properties of Minerals |
42
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| Distinguishing Characteristics |
42
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| Color, luster, hardness, specific gravity, streak, fracture, cleavage, parting, translucency, fluorescence and phosphorescence | |
| Mineral Textures and Outlines of Aggregates |
50
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| Crystal Classifications |
53
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| The Crystal Systems |
57
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| Other Forms and Phenomena |
65
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| Twinning, distorted crystals, parallel growths, crystal habit, psuedomorphs | |
| The Chemical Classification of Minerals |
71
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| Tests, Techniques, and Tips |
78
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| Fusibility, flame tests, bead tests, tube tests, wet tests in test tubes, fluorescence and phosphorescence | |
| PART II: Mineral Descriptions | |
| Elements |
97
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| Sulfides and Sulfosalts |
108
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| Oxides |
142
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| Halides |
174
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| Carbonates |
182
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| Nitrates |
201
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| Borates |
203
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| Sulfates |
208
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| Phosphates, Arsenates, Vanadates, and Uranates |
226
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| Tungstates (Wolframates) and Molybdates |
262
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| Silicates |
267
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| Glossary |
365
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| References |
375
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| Index |
381
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