Book ROCKS AND MINERALS. THE DEFINITIVE VISUAL GUIDE. Ediciones Omega

Book ROCKS AND MINERALS. THE DEFINITIVE VISUAL GUIDE. Ediciones Omega.

In this visual guide is an extraordinary study of the Earth's rocks, minerals, gems, and fossils. This fascinating volume presents all the rocks and minerals with striking images and key information that allows them to be accurately identified and useful tips on cutting, polishing and presentation of objects.

This book also evokes the spectacular beauty of fossils, rocks and gems and their place in human history, from the Koh-I-Noor diamond to the legendary Amber Room of Catherine the Great's palace

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

• ORIGINS. The formation of the universe. The formation of the Earth. The Earth's crust. Collecting rocks and minerals.
• ROCKS. How rocks are formed. Classes of rocks. Igneous rocks. Giant's Causeway. The Devil's Tower. Sedimentary rocks. Caves and caverns. The terracotta army. The Painted Desert. Stonehenge. Metamorphic rocks. The Taj Mahal.
• MINERALS: What are minerals? How to identify minerals. Mineral associations. What are crystals? Crystalline systems. Crystalline habits. What are gemstones? Extracting gems. Cutting gemstones. Giant gemstones. Native elements. Egyptian gold. The Hope diamond. Sulfides. Sulfosalts. Oxides. Asterism and cat's eyes. Fluorescent minerals. Hydroxides. Halides. Carbonates. Russian malachite. Phosphates, arsenates and vanadiates. Mesoamerican turquoise. Borates and nitrates. Sulfates, chromates, wolframates and molybdates. Silicates. Tectosilicates. Feldspars. Feldspathoids. The Banner of Ur. Zeolites. Phyllosilicates. Single chain inosilicates. Double chain inosilicates. Chinese shrouds. Cyclosilicates. Nesosilicates. Sorosilicates. The garnet group. Organic gems. The Amber Room. The cultivation of pearls.
• FOSSILS. How fossils are formed. The fossil record. Plants. The Petrified Forest of Arizona. Invertebrates. Vertebrates. Valley of the Dinosaurs.
• Glossary. Alphabetical index. Acknowledgments

TECHNICAL DATA:

• Author(s): R. L. Bonewitz
• Binding: Hardcover with dust jacket
• Printing: Color
• Year of publication: 2009
• Book language: Spanish
• Number of edition: 2, 2015
• Number of pages: 360
• Number of volumes: 1
• Translator/s: Asensio, M.
• ISBN: 978-84-282-1504-6
• Size: 19 (w) x 24 (h)
• Publisher: Ediciones Omega

Book ROCKS AND MINERALS. THE DEFINITIVE VISUAL GUIDE. Ediciones Omega.