Handbook of rocks, minerals, and gemstones /
Walter Schumann ; translated by R. Bradshaw and K.A.G. Mills.
- Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, c1993.
- 380 pages : illustrations (some color), tables ; 20 cm.
Spine title: Rocks, minerals & gemstones
Includes bibliographical references (p. 340-341) and index.
Contains descriptions and photographs of approximately six hundred minerals, rocks, and meteorites, providing information about the history, origin, structure, composition, properties, classification, and location of each specimen
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