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A field guide to rocks and minerals (The Peterson field guide series ; 7)
by Frederick H Pough
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin (1976)
ISBN: 0395081068
EAN: 9780395081068
Hardcover: 317 pages
Edition: 4th
SKU: FL0301
Condition: Acceptable
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
Written and designed for the beginner, this book describes and illustrates the most common and interesting rocks and minerals, from simple sandstone to exotic gems. Illustrated with dozens of beautiful color photographs, it tells how these rocks and minerals formed and how to identify them--and includes tips on collecting. 175 color photographs, 12 line drawings.
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Customer Reviews
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good resource
Rating  (4)
Date: 2008-09-29
This particular "rock identificatin book" is pretty good. The photos of samples are good and in color. However, it is not a comprehensive as our earth science instructor had hoped. On the whole, it is a good text for beginners.
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Rocks and Minerals
Rating  (5)
Date: 2007-12-18
I found it to be very helpful for my students since we don't always have an opportunity to get out and actually see these rocks, etc.
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Pough's Field Guide to Rocks and Minerals
Rating (5)
Date: 2007-10-27
1 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
It has been some time since I have had a copy of this well written book and having now obtained the latest edition I have found it to be of the same high standard as the earlier editions. The old copy that I used to own was a hard copy version and was bounded in a more secure way than this latest edition which seems to be glued together. The result being that one page has already come loose and it is most likely to be an ongoing problem. But the contents of the book itself is of a high standard.
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Bought it for my 8-yr old
Rating  (3)
Date: 2007-06-18
3 out of 3 customers found this reveiw helpful
I bought this book for my 8-year old daughter who is really into gems. It is really too old for her, and has few pictures. I'm sure it is fine for someone older.
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My review
Rating (5)
Date: 2007-04-26
2 out of 2 customers found this reveiw helpful
I'm really in to rocks now so I don't want a guide on how rocks are formed I want a guide of what the look like, how hard they are, and other stuff. peace out
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