 | | Book | | Museum Gems & Minerals reveals the beauty and splendor of the natural world around us. This book is a comprehensive...illustrated guide to 260 examples of gems and minerals from the collection of the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto...right conditions, geological activity over millions of years can form amazing and sometimes strikingly beautiful...the crystal structure of minerals, as well as illustrations and explanations of many geological concepts...informative introduction to Gems & Minerals explains some of this science, continued on back flap... ye : | | | Book | | Gems & Minerals reveals the beauty and splendor of the natural world around us. This book is a comprehensive...illustrated guide to 260 examples of gems and minerals from the collection of the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto...right conditions, geological activity over millions of years can form amazing and sometimes strikingly...the crystal structure of minerals, as well as illustrations and explanations of many geological concepts...informative introduction to Gems & Minerals explains some of this science, continued on back flap... Gems« |  | | Book (edition) | | This book is respectfully dedicated to the memory of Dr. John Sinkankas for his kind initiative and support...phorographed specimens are fivm the collectio11s of both authors as ire!/ as from many other collections...Te~in 14/02/03/0 I All rights reserved•• ·o pan of thh. work may be reproduced by any mechanical. photographic...photographic, or electronic process, or in the fonn of a phonogrciphicrecording. nor may it be ,torcd in...public or private U<,e. without written penni,,ion of the publi,her. ISBN 80-7296-039-3 CONTENTS Preface |  | | Report (volume) | | UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR WALTER J. HICKEL, Secretary GEOLOGICAL SURVEY William T....Pecora, Director For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Washington... BIBLIOGRAPHY OF NORTH AMERICAN GEOLOGY 1966 INTRODUCTION The current annual volume of the "Bibliography of North...that appeared during 1966 c~ncerning the geology of the North American continent, Greenland, the West...island possessions but not the trust territories of the United States. Articles by American authors published |  | | Book | | serandite (orange) and analcime (white). It is one of the most famous specimens collected at Mont Saint-Hilaire;...shortly thereafter acquired by the Canadian Museum of Nature (CMNMC 37124), where it is currently on display...crystals of monteregianite-(Y), [KNa 2YSi8 0 19 • 5H 20], and on the right, deep blue crystals of carletonite...Monteregianite is named after the Monteregian Hills, of which Mont Saint-Hilaire is a member; carletonite...carletonite is named after Carleton University, where much of the early work on Mont Saint-Hilaire minerals was |  | | Book | | heating during atmospheric flight) lies a mixture of dark, hydrous silicates and white carbonates and...are indicative of the former presence of water. Such meteorites contain a variety of carbon compounds...compounds which may have been involved in the origin of life. Qiance chanee General Editor: P. H. Greenwood...History), London and the Press Syndicate of the University of Cambridge The Pitt Building, Trumpington...Cambridge C.B2 1RP 32 East 57th Street, New York, NY 10022, USA 296 Beaconsfield Parade, Middle Park, Melbourne |
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