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Collector´s Guide to the Pyroxene Group
Robert J. Lauf
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Description for Collector´s Guide to the Pyroxene Group
Paperback. Num Pages: 93 pages, 116 color & 5 b/w images. BIC Classification: WNR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 279 x 7. Weight in Grams: 492. 93 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: WNR. Dimension: 213 x 279 x 7. Weight: 490.
Over 115 striking color photos display pyroxene group minerals in all their forms and colors. This group of rock-forming minerals is best known to collectors through well-formed diopside crystals from many localities, including in Canada, the northeastern United States, the Alpine regions of Europe, and through the gem-quality spodumene found in pegmatites from California to Pakistan. Spectacular recent finds of diopside in Pakistan, hedenbergite at Dal'negorsk, Russia, and aegirine in Malawi have added to the interest in this mineral group. Several pyroxene species are important in the gem trade, including colored varieties of spodumene (kunzite and hiddenite), green "chrome" diopside, ... Read more
Over 115 striking color photos display pyroxene group minerals in all their forms and colors. This group of rock-forming minerals is best known to collectors through well-formed diopside crystals from many localities, including in Canada, the northeastern United States, the Alpine regions of Europe, and through the gem-quality spodumene found in pegmatites from California to Pakistan. Spectacular recent finds of diopside in Pakistan, hedenbergite at Dal'negorsk, Russia, and aegirine in Malawi have added to the interest in this mineral group. Several pyroxene species are important in the gem trade, including colored varieties of spodumene (kunzite and hiddenite), green "chrome" diopside, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Number of pages
93
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2023
Condition
New
Weight
491 g
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
Atglen, United States
ISBN
9780764334047
SKU
V9780764334047
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99-50
About Robert J. Lauf
The author holds a Ph.D. in Metallurgical Engineering, and has conducted wide-ranging scientific research in fields ranging from nuclear fuel to microwave processing and biomineralization. He has been granted over forty U.S. Patents, and has written ten books on mineralogy for the collector.
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