FIELD BOOK OF COMMON ROCKS AND MINERALS : Revised Edition (Putnam's Nature Field Books Series)
by Frederic Brewster Loomis
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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New York, NY: G.P. Putnam's, 1948. Revised Edition, 22nd Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Poor. W.E. Corbin (Photographer); Frederic Brewster Loomis (Author-Illustrator). Text/As New. Red linen boards w/gilt spine lettering/NF. DJ/Poor; intact w/nips, chips, closed tears & losses to all leading edges. First published 1923; this is a copy of the Revised Edition of 1948. Sub title: "For Identifying the Rocks and Minerals of the United States and Interpreting Their Origins and Meanings." Manual/guide for identification of rocks and minerals; illustrated with photos and line drawings. Minerals grouped primarily by the metal present (for example, all minerals of iron grouped together). 352 pgs w/47 color fotos & some 100 fotos & illustrations, Text in 5 chapters: I, An Introduction; II, On the Forms & Properties of Minerals; III, The Minerals; IV, The Rocks; and, V, Miscellaneous Rocks.
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- Title
- FIELD BOOK OF COMMON ROCKS AND MINERALS : Revised Edition (Putnam's Nature Field Books Series)
- Author
- Frederic Brewster Loomis
- Illustrator
- W.E. Corbin (Photographer); Frederic Brewster Loomis (Author-Illustrator)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Poor
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Revised Edition, 22nd Printing
- Publisher
- G.P. Putnam's
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1948
- Keywords
- Field Guide/Earth Sciences/Rocks/Minerals/Handbook
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- Reference/Resource;
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