Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 416 pages
- Published by: Houghton Mifflin
- Edition: 5th Edition January 15, 1998
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 039591096X
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0395910962
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Book Dimensions:
7 x 4.6 x 1.2 inches
- Weighs: 1.2 pounds
Product Description
The definitive guide to rocks and minerals, completely updated for the fifth edition, includes 385 color photographs showing rocks, minerals, and geologic formations. Hundreds of minerals are described, with details such as geographic formations. Hundreds of minerals are described, with details such as geographic distribution, physical properties, chemical composition, and crystalline structures.
About The Author
Roger Tory Peterson, one of the world's greatest naturalists, received every major award for ornithology, natural science, and conservation, as well as numerous honorary degrees, medals, and citations, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The Peterson Identification System has been called the greatest invention since binoculars, and the Peterson Field Guides® are credited with helping to set the stage for the environmental movement.
Reader Reviews
This is the definitive handbook for the rockhound. Nicely updated with more and better pictures to help in identification of rocks and minerals. Too bad that Peterson's decided to save a nickel on the binding -- my copy of "Rocks and Minerals" was splitting out within a week. I've had other Peterson's Field Guides which were softcover but HARD bound. These are useful handbooks that will last a lifetime. If you buy a cheap paperback to read once, the binding isn't of much concern. A "field guide" deserves better. The "Cambridge Guide to Minerals Rocks and Fossils" is just about as good, is about the same price, and has sewn in pages.
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