The rockhound's handbook / V. A. Firsoff and G. I. Firsoff.
TITLE:
The rockhound's handbook / V. A. Firsoff and G. I. Firsoff.
Publication Date:
975, 0-1
Publication Information:
New York : Arco,
Physical Description:
210 p. : ill.
Subject Term:
Additional Contributors:
Bibliography Note:
Bibliography: p. 206-207.
Summary:
The rockhound is an enthusiastic amateur collector of rocks and minerals, particularly of the more spectacular varieties. This compact volume explains how to classify and identify the commonest types; for selecting minerals, localities where good specimens may be obtained are listed. Collecting equipment is described as well as simple physical and chemical tests for identification, and there is a useful and rather illuminating section devoted to aspects of the law of trespass in different countries. The two final chapters deal with gemstones and the lapidiary's art.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780668037990
General Note:
Includes index.
