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| Other authors / contributors: | Campbell, Ian, 1899-1978, author.
Edward Valauskas Collection of Dinosauriana.
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| ISBN: | 0810903113
9780810903111
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| Provenance: | Copy 1. Gift of Edward Valauskas.
Binding : Includes dust jacket.
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| Notes: | Includes selected bibliographical references (pages 315-316) and index.
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| Summary: | "The first part provides a general introduction to minerals, dealing with such topics as man's use of minerals and the properties of various types. This section is followed by a "splendid gallery of minerals"--a selection of more than one hundred minerals, superbly illustrated and discussed in detailed commentaries. Specific descriptive data are given, as well as information about where is mineral is found, the conditions under which it was formed, its use in industry, and its value to the lapidarist and collector. Supplementary technical and scientific information is provided by diagrams and drawings, an appendix to the chemical elements, and a selected bibliography"--Book jacket.
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| Other form: | Online version: Court, Arthur. Minerals; nature's fabulous jewels. New York, H.N. Abrams [1974]
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