Shows and describes different kinds of rocks and minerals, and tells how to identify rocks by testing for hardness, streak color, and density
Author: Walter Schumann
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0395511372
Category: Nature
Page: 380
View: 873
Shows and describes different kinds of rocks and minerals, and tells how to identify rocks by testing for hardness, streak color, and densityShows and describes different kinds of rocks and minerals, and tells how to identify rocks by testing for hardness, streak color, and density
Author: Walter Schumann
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0395511380
Category: Nature
Page: 380
View: 794
Shows and describes different kinds of rocks and minerals, and tells how to identify rocks by testing for hardness, streak color, and densityDescribes the properties and distinguishing characteristics of more than 500 rocks and minerals around the world, and includes a color photograph of each specimen.
Author: Chris Pellant
Publisher: DK
ISBN: 0789491060
Category: Nature
Page: 256
View: 694
Describes the properties and distinguishing characteristics of more than 500 rocks and minerals around the world, and includes a color photograph of each specimen.Describes hundreds of minerals and lists their geographic distribution, physical properties, chemical composition, and crystalline structure
Author: Frederick H. Pough
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 039591096X
Category: Nature
Page: 396
View: 201
Describes hundreds of minerals and lists their geographic distribution, physical properties, chemical composition, and crystalline structurePublished in association with the Smithsonian Institution, this lavishly illustrated reference provides a close-up look at the world's diverse rocks and gems, covering more than 450 different specimens, along with detailed descriptions, ...
Author: Ronald Louis Bonewitz
Publisher: DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
ISBN: 0756633427
Category: Nature
Page: 360
View: 389
Published in association with the Smithsonian Institution, this lavishly illustrated reference provides a close-up look at the world's diverse rocks and gems, covering more than 450 different specimens, along with detailed descriptions, identification tips, classification information, and practical advice on gem and rock collecting. Reprint. 20,000 first printing."The practical and comprehensive on-the-go nature guide."--Page [4] of cover.
Author: Rupert Hochleitner
Publisher: Firefly Books
ISBN: 0228102286
Category: Nature
Page: 256
View: 358
Step-by-step Questions and Answers with detailed color photographs for easy identification. The Firefly Guide to Minerals, Rocks and Gems is designed for easy and reliable identification of minerals, gems and rocks. The identification process begins with the stone's streak color, which is how the book is organized: Blue, Red, Yellow, Brown, Green Black and White. Using a sequence of straightforward questions and answers -- aided by over 1,000 photographs and drawings -- the book narrows down the possibilities among 350 minerals, gems and rocks to reach the conclusive classification. Identification is then further narrowed down with respect to Crystal form, Hardness, Luster, Density, Cleavage, Break and Tenacity. Each rock's main photograph shows the general or typical view, and identification tips about features are noted in the margins of the respective page. Similar stones are presented for comparison and tips are provided that can eliminate imposters. Drawings show the mineral's crystal shape. The chemical formula reveals the elements from which the mineral is composed. There is also information about where the stone is typically found and some of the ways that humans have utilized it. Packed with beautiful photographs of earth's many rocks, minerals and gems, The Firefly Guide to Minerals, Rocks and Gems is perfect for amateur mineralogists and collectors.Improve your life on all levels—mentally, physically, emotionally, and spiritually—with this essential reference guide to 160 easily-procured crystals, minerals, and stones.
Author: Margaret Ann Lembo
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide
ISBN: 9780738732527
Category: Nature
Page: 440
View: 374
Improve your life on all levels—mentally, physically, emotionally, and spiritually—with this essential reference guide to 160 easily-procured crystals, minerals, and stones. Packed with practical knowledge and 190 beautiful full-color photos, this easy-to-use handbook will teach you all about the gemstone world. Each page provides you with concise information: stone name and properties, color, corresponding chakra, planet, element, zodiac sign, numerological association, and mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual uses. Margaret Ann Lembo's metaphysical crystal directory will also give you Mohs scale ratings, divinatory meanings, and a series of positive affirmations for each stone. Learn how to charge, cleanse, and use gemstones in healing grids, plus how to use them as oracles for personal development and spiritual awakening. Praise: "When energetically used with the understandings and tips provided in this A–Z essential guide, all good things are possible. Your 'everything' go-to for crystals!" —Cyndi Dale, bestselling author of The Complete Book of Chakra Healing and Beyond Soul Mates "A must-have guide for anyone who even enjoys picking up rocks. Her straight-from-the-hip approach is matched by her passion, love and knowledge of each and every geode, multifaceted crystal, and everything in between." —Joan Ranquet, author of Communication with All LifeWith authoritative text, clear photography, and a systematic approach, this concise guide to identification enables you to recognize each gemstone instantly.
Author: Cally Hall
Publisher: DK
ISBN: 0789489856
Category: Nature
Page: 160
View: 108
Provides a concise description of each gemstone, photographs showing characteristics and distinguishing features, and information on where gemstones are found and their natural properties.A beginner's field guide to North American geology identifies common rocks, minerals, gems, fossils, and land formations.
Author: Sarah Garlick
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 9781426212826
Category: Nature
Page: 182
View: 226
A beginner's field guide to North American geology identifies common rocks, minerals, gems, fossils, and land formations.The Rocks and Minerals Inquiry Handbook is designed to guide students through exploration of scientific concepts and features background information for each topic, hands-on activities, experiments, and science journal pages.
Author: Teacher Created Material
Publisher: Teacher Created Materials
ISBN: 1433313758
Category:
Page: 144
View: 774
The Rocks and Minerals Inquiry Handbook is designed to guide students through exploration of scientific concepts and features background information for each topic, hands-on activities, experiments, and science journal pages. The various student activities and experiments are inquiry based, student focused, and directly related to the focus of lessons provided in the corresponding kit (kit not included).Explains the structure and composition of minerals, provides advice for gathering specimens, and offers an identification guide to more than 150 rocks and minerals & Minerals is sure to delight, teach and entertain rock and mineral ...
Author: Discovery Channel (Firm)
Publisher:
ISBN: 1563318032
Category: Nature
Page: 192
View: 576
Explains the structure and composition of minerals, provides advice for gathering specimens, and offers an identification guide to more than 150 rocks and mineralsThe handbook of crystal use opens with a thorough explanation of crystal energy, including its interactions with the human energy field, and teaches readers how to extrapolate what a crystal does based on its composition, crystal structure, ...
Author: Nicholas Pearson
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 9781620559352
Category: Body, Mind & Spirit
Page: 416
View: 446
A full-color practical handbook of essential techniques with an in-depth directory of healing stones • Offers guidance on selecting your crystals and gemstones and step-by-step instructions on how to cleanse, charge, activate, and program them • Includes templates for crystal grids and healing layouts, recipes for crystal elixirs, and directions for crystal meditations and energy clearing with crystals • The full-color directory includes 200 different rocks, minerals, gemstones, and crystal formations, organized alphabetically and featuring the physical, psychological, and spiritual healing qualities for every stone In this in-depth yet easy-to-follow guide, crystal healing teacher Nicholas Pearson offers a full-color compendium of 200 crystals and gemstones as well as a hands-on practical handbook on crystal healing, perfect for those just beginning their crystal journey as well as long-time stone lovers seeking an all-in-one reference. The handbook of crystal use opens with a thorough explanation of crystal energy, including its interactions with the human energy field, and teaches readers how to extrapolate what a crystal does based on its composition, crystal structure, formation process, and other properties. In the chapters on techniques, Pearson offers guidance on selecting your crystals and gemstones, then step-by-step instructions on how to cleanse, charge, activate, and program them. He explains how to make crystal grids and healing layouts, including templates for both, and also discusses the numerology and geometry of crystal grids. He explores the essentials of crystal elixirs, complete with elixir recipes, and details how to perform crystal meditations, clear the energy centers and the aura, and practice more advanced techniques, such as engaging with the crystal devas, creating sacred space, and practices for spiritual hygiene and protection. The compendium includes 200 rocks, minerals, gemstones, and crystal formations, organized alphabetically and featuring full-color photographs. Each entry includes geological information and the physical, psychological, and spiritual healing qualities for every stone. Some stones, such as jasper and quartz, have multiple varieties, each given their own entries to provide a thorough reference guide for crystal healers and collectors. This accessible yet comprehensive guide offers the essentials of crystal energy healing paired with a highly illustrated stone directory to give you everything you need to know about crystal basics in one handy volume.Color Encyclopedia of Gemstones. 2nd ed. ... Handbook of Rocks, Minerals, and Gemstones. Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 1993.
Author: Julie Kerr Casper
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
ISBN: 9781438105598
Category: Nature
Page: 209
View: 855
Minerals, metals, and elements are critical to society. This volume examines how minerals form and why they occur where they do. It focuses on civilization's fascination with these valuable commodities, and looks at mining and its development, as well as mineral resources found deep in the oceans.Formerly titles "Rocks and Minerals" this handbook includes information on collecting and identifying minerals, sections on metallic, nonmetallic, gem and rock-forming minerals, and descriptions of igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks ...
Author: Herbert S. Zim
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9781582381329
Category: Nature
Page: 160
View: 828
Includes information on collecting and identifying minerals, and sections on metallic, nonmetallic, gem and rock-forming minerals, and on igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks.As placer minerals , gems are recovered from river beds . Sapphire and pyrope garnet are also found in diamondiferous kimberlites and lamproites .
Author: Parmodh Alexander
Publisher: New India Publishing
ISBN: 8190723782
Category: Nature
Page: 724
View: 873
The book will be beneficial for: * The undergraduate course in mineralogy, crystallography, petrology & economic geology. * Post graduate students for their economic geology course. * Useful as a ready reckoner for competitive examinations and job interviews and entrepreneurs in mineral industry. * Civil Engineering students will also find this book suitable for their basic courses in mineralogy-petrology. * the text, as far as possible is precise, concise and up-to-date in facts and figures, adequately illustrated and includes photographs and micro-photographs.Handbook of Rocks, Minerals, and Gem- stones. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1993. 380p. $21.00pa. ISBN 0395511372pa; 0395511380.
Author: Diane Schmidt
Publisher: Libraries Unlimited
ISBN: 1563087073
Category: Nature
Page: 304
View: 830
Focusing on the North American continent, this book, the first of its kind, identifies and describes major field guides in all scientific subject areas (from plants, animals, and insects to astronomy and weather, geology and fossils, and man-made objects). Organized by topic, it offers complete bibliographic information and descriptions of more than 1,300 field guides.A complete handbook of common materials used in lapidary arts, lavishly illustrated with full-colour photographs.
Author: June C. Zeitner
Publisher:
ISBN: 0945005245
Category: Technology & Engineering
Page: 347
View: 292
A complete handbook of common materials used in lapidary arts, lavishly illustrated with full-colour photographs.This volume gives you the basic tools to transition from “pebble pup” to expert rockhound and explains everything from geology basics, identification tips, tools of the trade, how to record your findings, and how to set up a lab or gem ...
Author: Garret Romaine
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 9781493032365
Category: Nature
Page: 264
View: 242
This volume gives you the basic tools to transition from “pebble pup” to expert rockhound and explains everything from geology basics, identification tips, tools of the trade, how to record your findings, and how to set up a lab or gem shop. Before you know it, you’ll be driving the open roads and traveling home with dusty pockets full of rocks, gems, minerals, fossils—and maybe even gold. Features: * geology basics * popular collectibles, including rocks, gems, fossils, meteorites, and gold * tools of the trade for every level of collector * rules and regulations * polishing, preserving, crafting, and displaying your treasuresCollecting gems and minerals: Hold the treasures of the earth in the palm of your hand. ... Handbook of rocks, minerals, and gemstones.
Author: Carole Cox
Publisher: SAGE
ISBN: 9781452237619
Category: Education
Page: 352
View: 892
Grounded in theory and best-practices research, this practical text provides teachers with 40 strategies for using fiction and non-fiction trade books to teach in five key content areas: language arts and reading, social studies, mathematics, science, and the arts. Each strategy provides everything a teacher needs to get started: a classroom example that models the strategy, a research-based rationale, relevant content standards, suggested books, reader-response questions and prompts, assessment ideas, examples of how to adapt the strategy for different grade levels (K–2, 3–5, and 6–8), and ideas for differentiating instruction for English language learners and struggling students. Throughout the book, student work samples and classroom vignettes bring the content to life.