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Collectors´ Guide to the Amphibole Group
Robert J. Lauf
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Description for Collectors´ Guide to the Amphibole Group
Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages, 144 colour photos. BIC Classification: WNR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 281 x 216 x 12. Weight in Grams: 492.
The amphibole group is extremely important, widespread, and beautiful, with a structure that can accommodate a bewildering variety of compositions and potentially hundreds of unique specimens. This timely volume will allow mineral collectors to understand how the amphiboles are organized and named, and to relate obsolete names to currently accepted ones. Over 140 full-color crystal images help the reader visualize the important structural features that define amphiboles and control their physical properties. This reference also provides information that collectors need to know to better understand the group and to learn what the specimens teach us about geological processes. Structural chemistry ... Read more
The amphibole group is extremely important, widespread, and beautiful, with a structure that can accommodate a bewildering variety of compositions and potentially hundreds of unique specimens. This timely volume will allow mineral collectors to understand how the amphiboles are organized and named, and to relate obsolete names to currently accepted ones. Over 140 full-color crystal images help the reader visualize the important structural features that define amphiboles and control their physical properties. This reference also provides information that collectors need to know to better understand the group and to learn what the specimens teach us about geological processes. Structural chemistry ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
Atglen, United States
ISBN
9780764348709
SKU
V9780764348709
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Ref
99-2
About Robert J. Lauf
Robert Lauf holds a PhD 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 40 U.S. patents, and has written 14 books on mineralogy for the collector.
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