Dana's Minerals and How to Study Them (After Edward Salisbury Dana)

by W Edwin Sharp, Cornelius S. Hurlbut, W. Edwin Sharp

Book Overview

This short, practical guide to the identification of hand specimen minerals utilizes simple methods of observation and inexpensive tools. Based on the Dana system of classification, it is a portable, everyday companion to the soon-to-be-published, comprehensive reference, Dana's New Mineralogy, Eighth Edition.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471156779
• ISBN13: 9780471156772
• Release Date: February 1998
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Best Introduction to Mineralogy out there!!!

For anyone interested in learning the basics of mineralogy, this is the place to start! Easy to read and understand. Great section on the Crystal Systems. Most mineral or mineralogy books spend most of the book on photographs, which is great, but this book focuses on giving the reader the basic understanding to know what they are looking at in the many fine "picture books" already out there about minerals.