| | Book (edition) | Introduction .................................. 7 Mineral Species and their Localities .............. Explanation... . . . . . . . . . . . 686 Alphabetic List of Mineral Localities ............. Explanation of Symbols... PREFACE 6 · PREFACE This book reviews abollt 8,500 mineral localities from all over the world, for all valid...with 3,350 minerals in the former edition. The mineral systeniatic classification is based on the updated... with regard to the worlds mineral localities and environment of mineral occurrences, as a result of | | Gaines, Richard V., Skinner, H. Catherine W., Foord, Eugene E., Mason, Brian, Rosenzweig, Abraham, King, Vandall T. (1997) Dana's New Mineralogy (8th ed.) Wiley-Interscience. p.1872 | Book (edition) | Perspective Acknowledgments Introduction Descriptions of Mineral Species Abbreviations for Literature References...1702 1721 Indexes List of Mineral Names in Numerical Order List of Mineral Names in Alphabetical Order...natural history collection contained some 2500 mineral specimens, and even today, individual minerals...properties, relationships, genesis, and uses of mineral species. It appears at a time when mineralogy has...Wiley & Putnam) published in the sciences. Dana’s mineral descriptions were considerably condensed, and he |
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