Rocks and Rock Formations: A Key to Identification
Paperback
- Price:
- $19.95/拢16.99
- ISBN:
- Published:
- Jun 22, 2021
- Copyright:
- 2021
- Pages:
- 192
- Size:
- 5.5 x 8.5 in.
- 534 color photos.
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Many of us are fascinated by rocks鈥攂ut identifying them can seem daunting. It鈥檚 often tricky even for geologists, who rely on experience, intuition, and in-depth familiarity with rock-forming components. Rocks and Rock Formations allows everyone, amateur or professional, to successfully distinguish these amazing masses of minerals, using only careful observation, a magnifying glass, a pocket knife鈥攁nd a bit of patience.
闯眉谤驳 Meyer provides a structured approach to the identification of all rocks within the three groups: sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic. Bringing together more than 530 diagrams and photographs to illustrate essential characteristics, Meyer highlights some basics on rocks鈥攖heir mineral constituents, structures, textures, fossils, weathering patterns, and more鈥攚hich are important for a determination. The main part of the book is a handy and thorough identification key, which takes into account all possible rock variations, mixtures, and structural differences. The concluding section of the guide delves into rock systematics.
Assuming little prior experience or knowledge, Rocks and Rock Formations is an invaluable resource for rock enthusiasts everywhere.
- Suitable for beginners and amateurs
- Helpful, systematic identification key
- Exploration of all types of rocks
- More than 530 diagrams and photographs