This handbook includes more than 600 stunning color photographs showing rocks, minerals, and gems from all over the world. Each specimen is described in detail: its origin and structure, chemical composition, hardness, color, and other properties.

Translator:

R. Bradshaw

Publisher:

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH)

ISBN:

9780395511374

Publication date:

January 1993

Length:

192mm

Width:

126mm

Thickness:

24mm

Weight:

608g

Pages:

380

Illustrations:

illustrations (some colour)