Rocks and minerals
Para los expertos y entusiastas de la butaca como, Rocas y minerales será de interés para cualquier persona interesada en descubrir los misterios de este tema. Una introducción general es seguido por una exploración detallada de los tres grupos de rocas: ígneas, metamórficas y sedimentarias, incluye...
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| Médium: | Souprava |
| Jazyk: | Spanish English |
| Vydání: | 2a ed. |
| Edice: | DK Smithsonian handbook
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- Introduction 6 Collecting Rocks and Minerals 6 Field Equipment 8 Home Equipment 10 Organizing your Collection 12 How This Book Works 14 Mineral or Rock? 16 Mineral Formation 18 Mineral Composition 20 Mineral Characteristics 22 Mineral Identification 28 How Rocks are Formed 30 Igneous Rock Characteristics 32 Types of Metamorphism 34 Metamorphic Rock Characteristics 36 Sedimentary Rock Characteristics 38 Rock Identification Key 40 Minerals 46 Native Elements 46 Sulfides and Sulfosalts 52 Halides 70 Oxides and Hydroxides 76 Carbonates, Nitrates, and Borates 98 Sulfates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates 110 Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates 120 Silicates 132 Rocks 180 Igneous Rocks 180 Metamorphic Rocks 208 Sedimentary Rocks 222 Glossary 250 Index 252 Acknowledgements 256