Smithsonian Handbooks: Rocks and Minerals
by Chris Pellant and Helen Pellant
Smithsonian Handbooks: Rocks and Minerals
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| Introduction |
6
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| Collecting Rocks and Minerals |
6
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| Field Equipment |
8
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| Home Kit |
10
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| Organizing your Collection |
12
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| How This Book Works |
14
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| Mineral or Rock? |
16
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| Mineral Formation |
18
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| Mineral Composition |
20
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| Mineral Characteristics |
22
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| Mineral Identification |
28
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| How Rocks are Formed |
30
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| Igneous Rock Characteristics |
32
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| Types of Metamorphism |
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 |
46
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| Native Elements |
46
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| Sulfides and Sulfosalts |
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 |
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 |
250
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| Index |
252
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| Acknowledgements |
256
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