A guide to more than six hundred specimens includes detailed descriptions and illustrations.

An authoritative and practical identification guide to minerals, rocks and fossils of the world. This new edition of a classic reference work has been completely revised, updated and redesigned, with new extended introductory sections and appendices. An invaluable handbook for amateur collectors and specialists alike, this book is small and compact enough to carry in the pocket or backpack. • Over 600 specimens in full colour • Every specimen described and illustrated on the same double-page spread • Over 300 line drawings identifying structures and features (view table of contents)

Describes the appearance, formation, and structure of hundreds of specimens

Line drawings and color photographs enhance a field guide that describes the appearance, formation, and structure of hundreds of specimens

Product Description: Volume: 2 Publisher: London Longmans, Green Publication date: 1866 Subjects: Quaternions Notes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be numerous typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books...read more