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Feldspar Group Minerals Collector Reference - Locales, Specimen Examples & More

$ 10.55

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  • Language: English
  • Type: Book
  • Publication Year: 2013
  • Condition: New
  • Subject: Books on Collecting
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States

    Description

    Collector Bookstore
    724 Delaware Street
    Leavenworth, KS 66048
    Collector Bookstore is a leading specialty retailer of price guides and reference books to inform and educate collectors and professionals in the antiques and collectors markets. Our customers include individual collectors, dealers, appraisers, auctioneers & other industry professionals. You won't receive heavily thumbed shelf copies from us! We buy most titles directly from the publisher and individual authors. Authors are encouraged to submit their reference titles for our consideration.
    SO-SCH-2013-9780764343292
    Collector's Guide to the Feldspar Group by: Robert J. Lauf
    ISBN:
    9780764343292
    Book Title:
    Collector's Guide to the Feldspar Group
    Author:
    Robert J. Lauf
    Binding:
    Soft Cover
    Copyright:
    2013
    Pages:
    96
    Size:
    8.5 x 11 in.
    Collector Bookstore is a retailer of new books located in Leavenworth, Kansas. We specialize in price guides and reference books for the antiques and collectibles industry.
    Over 100 vivid color photographs of beautiful feldspar minerals show each species in its geological context. The feldspar minerals, as a group, make up nearly sixty percent of the earth's crust. Large crystals are found at many locales worldwide, in both igneous and metamorphic rocks. Often, feldspar forms the matrix for stunning gem crystals found in pegmatites. This book explains how feldspars are formed and the complicated structural features that create fine crystals, twins, and vivid colors. After a brief introduction, the general treatment begins with an explanation of the chemistry and taxonomy of the group. A section on their formation and geochemistry explains the kinds of environments where feldspars are formed. Detailed entries for each mineral provide locality information and full-color photos so that collectors can see what good specimens look like and which minerals one might expect to find in association with them. An extensive bibliography is provided for further study.
    107 color & 2 b/w photos
    (SO Schiffer Categorical generated 2021-07-23)
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