The minerals encyclopedia / Rupert Hochleitner ; [translation, Travod International Ltd.].

"Identify over 700 minerals, gems and rocks using the proven classification: Steak color, degree of hardness and origin." -- Back cover. "This is a superior reference for rockhounds, geology students and outdoors people with an interest in what's under their feet."--

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:	Kosmos Mineralienführer. English
Main Author:	Hochleitner, Rupert (Author)
Corporate Author:	Travod (Firm) (Translator)
Language:	English
Language of the Original:	German
Language and/or Writing System:	Text in English, translated from the German.
Published:	Richmond Hill, Ontario ; Buffalo, New York : Firefly Books, 2022.
Subjects:	Minerals > Encyclopedias. Minerals > Identification. Rocks > Encyclopedias. Rocks > Identification. Mineralogy > Encyclopedias. Petrology > Encyclopedias. Minéraux > Encyclopédies. Minéraux > Identification. Roches > Identification. Minéralogie > Encyclopédies. Pétrologie > Encyclopédies. Mineralogy. Minerals. Petrology. Rocks. Encyclopedia. Encyclopedias. Field guides. Encyclopédies. Guides d'identification.
Genre:	Encyclopedias. Identification. Encyclopédies. Encyclopedia. Field guides. Guides d'identification.
Physical Description:	445 pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm
Format:	Book

Contents:

What stone is that?
The properties of minerals
The origin and occurence of minerals
The classifications of rocks
Identifying minerals, rocks and gemstones
What are meteorites?
Rock profiles. Streak blue: from chalcoalumite to crossite ; Streak red: from kermesite to hematite ; Streak yellow: from realgar to durangite ; Streak brown: from mcgovernite to rutile ; Streak green: from tyrolite to gadolinite ; Streak black: from graphite to gahnite ; Streak white: from mercury to diamond ; The rocks: from granite to lignite ; The meteorites: from octahedrite to shatter cone
Collecting minerals and rocks
Organizing a mineral collection.