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Opal Gemstones - A Collection of Historical Articles on the Origins, Structure and Properties of Opal

This book contains classic material dating back to the 1900s and before. The content has been carefully selected for its interest and relevance to a modern audience. Carefully selecting the best articles from our collection we have compiled a series of historical and informative publications on the subjects of gemology and crystallography. Each publication has …

Turquoise, Water, Sky

This book provides an overview of the uses of turquoise in native arts of the Southwest, beginning with the earliest people who mined and processed the stone for use in jewellery, on decorative objects, and as a powerful element in ceremony. In the past, as now, turquoise was valued for its color and beauty but …

Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Mining & Mineralogy, 5-Volume Set

23 cm. - Minerals are any of a class of naturally occurring solid, inorganic substances with a characteristic crystalline form and a homogenous chemical composition: any substance obtained by mining, especially a metal ore. While mineralogy is a branch of geology concerned with the study of minerals. Mining is a system of excavations made for …

Ultimate Explorer Field Guides Rocks and Minerals Find Adventure Have fun outdoors Be a rock detective National Geographic Kids

This fun, photo-filled, fact-packed guide to rocks and minerals will get kids outside to discover the amazing world underneath their feet.

Izuchenie Pirit-Pirrotinovogo Ravnovesiya

Ochevidnym preimushchestvom metoda polnost'yu tverdotel'noy gal'vanicheskoy yacheyki yavlyaetsya vysokaya tochnost', otnositel'naya prostota kontrolya dostizheniya ravnovesiya v protsesse opyta. Primenenie dannogo metoda dlya izucheniya fazovykh otnosheniy v sisteme Ag-Fe-S pozvolilo poluchit' novye termodinamicheskie dannye v temperaturnom diapazone 518 K - 723 K i standartnom davlenii, polnost'yu primenimye i k sisteme Fe-S. Analogichnye dannye po sisteme Ag-Fe-S, …

Adsorption de cyanure de sodium sur différents matériaux

SpringerBriefs in Earth Sciences - Suriname Revisited: Economic Potential of its Mineral Resources

This book summarizes the exploration history and provides a framework for assessing the economic potential of the country’s minerals by defining minimal deposit parameters for the various commodities present. Suriname was explored extensively for mineral occurrences in the course of the previous century, indicating the presence of a range of commodities. The country mined and …

The World of Mineral Deposits

This vivid introduction to economic geology not only describes the most important deposit types, but also the processes involved in their formation. Magmatic, hydrothermal and sedimentary processes as well as weathering and alteration are explained in the framework of plate tectonics and the history of the Earth. The chapter about fossil fuels includes unconventional deposits …

Evolution and Geological Significance of Larger Benthic Foraminifera

Evolution and Geological Significance of Larger Benthic Foraminifera is a unique, comprehensive reference work on the larger benthic foraminifera. This second edition is substantially revised, including extensive re-analysis of the most recent work on Cenozoic forms. It provides documentation of the biostratigraphic ranges and paleoecological significance of the larger foraminifera, which is essential for understanding …

Crystal and Gems

Discover the history of precious, semi-precious, and organic gemstones, their scientific properties, their mythical powers, and their traditional uses. Humans have been beguiled and fascinated by gemstones and crystals since prehistory, and made use of them for everything from currency and ceremonial decoration to tokens of love or power. But why have some been considered …