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This is a highly detailed visual reference book that will show users how to identify and classify minerals and rocks, what field equipment they will need, and physical properties of minerals and rocks and how to test them.

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Beginner's Guide to Minerals & Rocks is the most comprehensive, full-colour guide to rocks and minerals for beginner rock hounds all over the world.

As curator of minerals at the Canadian Museum of Nature, Joel Grice has brought the museum's collection to world-class status through astute purchases and annual collecting trips all over the world. Joel brings an unequalled enthusiasm and love of geology to this, his second popularization book.

As we learn more and more about our country's natural resources, it becomes that much more important that Beginners Guide to Minerals & Rocks be added to our bookshelves.

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Title Beginners Guide to Minerals & Rocks
Author Joel Grice
Binding Paperback
Pages 192
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher Fitzhenry & Whiteside, Markham, ON, Canada
Publication date 2010-01-12
Illustrated Yes
Features Glossary, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Table of Contents
ISBN 9781554550968 / 1554550963
Weight 1.65 lbs (0.75 kg)
Dimensions 9.08 x 6.22 x 0.94 in (23.06 x 15.80 x 2.39 cm)
Category Nature
Library of Congress subjects Rocks, Minerals
Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2014471816
Dewey Decimal Code 552

About the author

Joel D. Grice's fascination and enthusiasm for collecting minerals began as a youngster after visits to the Royal Ontario Museum. He received his master's and Ph.D from the University of Manitoba. During his career he received numerous awards but perhaps his highest recognition was in 1995 when he was elected chairman of the IMA Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names. He is the author of Famous Mineral Locations of Canada.

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