The Firefly Guide to Minerals, Rocks and Gems
Published on 27. September 2019
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-0-2281-0228-1 (ISBN)
Description
"The practical and comprehensive on-the-go nature guide."--Page [4] of cover.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Ontario
Canada
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
1043 clr and 257 b&w photos
Dimensions
Height: 190 mm
Width: 117 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
443 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-2281-0228-1 (9780228102281)
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Other editions
Previous edition
A. C. Bishop | A. R. Woolley | W. R. Hamilton
Philip's Guide to Minerals, Rocks and Fossils
Book
11/2004
Firefly Books Ltd
€32.37
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Person
Rupert Hochleitner has a PhD in Mineralogy. His area of specialization is systematic mineralogy. Other research areas are meteorites, in particular those of the planet Mars, oxidation minerals, and pegmatitic phosphate minerals. He has published numerous scientific articles and was for a long time editor-in-chief of the journal LAPIS, a specialist magazine for mineral collectors and mineral lovers. Since 1993, he has been deputy director of the Mineralogical State Collection Munich.