Rocks and Minerals of the World

UK: Tiger Books. Very Good/Very Good. 1998. Hard Cover. 4to 1840560258 THIS IS A VERY HEAVY BOOK AND DUE TO THE WEIGHT CAN ONLY BE SHIPPED TO A UK ADDRESS, no extra charge will be asked for. 450 Colour Photographs, 300 Line Drawings 520 pages clean and tight. This book presents over 600 various types of minerals and their important varieties. Colour photographs are supplemented with instructive line drawings of crystal forms. The text provides information on the varieties, crystals, physical and chemical properties of individual minerals and the places they can be found, pointing out the practical significance of rocks and minerals, their processing or cutting. In conclusion the book offers practical identification tables. The authors of the book are experienced mineralogists and writers of popular science publications. RNDr. Rudolf Duda graduated from the Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, Bratislava. He works in the East Slovak Museum in Kogice as mineralogist and curator of collections of precious stones and minerals. RNDr. Lubos Rejl graduated from the Faculty of Natural Sciences, Masaryk University, Brno. He is employed in Geophysics, joint-stock Co., as geologist. His specialization includes mineralogy, petrography and physical properties of rocks and minerals. His experience is based on long-time research and practical work with minerals and precious stones with particular reference to the Bohemian Massif and the Carpathian System. The exquisite photographs in this book are by Dugan Slivka, graduate of the Film and TV Faculty, Academy of Performing Arts, Prague. He collected the material with his co-authors in many museums and private collections. .