Pocket Guide: Rocks & Minerals of Southern Africa
This handy pocket guide presents the most fascinating and important rocks and minerals found in southern Africa. Accounts include diagnostic information, full-color photographs, concise descriptions, uses, and detailed information on where species occur.Physical characteristics of each mineral are summarized in tinted panels, and handy icons show other important information.
The rock section discusses how the three main rock types form. Pocket Guide: Rocks & Minerals of Southern Africa will be invaluable both to amateur geologists and budding collectors.
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About the Author
Bruce Cairncross is Professor of Geology and Chairman of the Geology Department at the University of Johannesburg. He has a special interest in documenting and preserving southern Africa’s mineralogical heritage, and is the author or co-author of a number of books, including Field Guide to Rocks & Minerals of Southern Africa and Pocket Guide: Rocks & Minerals of Southern Africa.
| Weight | 0.3kg |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 10.5cm · 18cm · 2.5cm |
| Author(s) | Bruce Cairncross |
| Publisher - Imprint | Penguin Random House - Struik Nature |
| Print Length | 160 pages (390 photographs) |
| Publication date | 15/03/2011 |
| Language | English |
| ISBN-10 | 1770074430 |
| ISBN-13 | 9781770074439 |
| Reading Level / Audience | General |
| Series | Pocket Guide |
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