Get it straight. Organic means containing Carbon. Inorganic means no Carbon and usually a substance formed before life began on Earth. Oil and pearls are organic — and therefore not mineral. Asbestos (a”cloth”) and brimstone (a rock that burns) are minerals. Any more questions? Minerals and Man has sumptuous photographs, easy prose, and particularly excellent descriptions connecting man’s use of and need for the inorganic world. There should be maps and maybe a section on “endangered” species of minerals. But, this is the best expensive introduction.
There is no good field guide or easy path to identification of minerals. Hurlbut’s edition of Dana’s Manual of Minerology is the best place to start.
[Peter Warshall, Whole Earth Epilog p.490]

【コンテンツ】
1. Minerals and How to Know Them
2. Early Use of Minerals
3. The Earth and Its Rocks
4. Minor Minerals of the Rocks
5. Nature's Treasure House
6. A Traprock Suite
7. Crystals in Sedimentary Rocks
...etc

出版年：1970年
言語：英語
ページ数：304ページ
サイズ：29cm×23cm×2.5cm

【コンディション】
ジャケットにダメージ（破れ、汚れの付着など）がありますが、本体は良好です。