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Title	Author	# of Pages
How to Know the Minerals and Rocks - 46 Full Color Illustrations and 156 Drawings	Richard M. Pearl	192

Contents

1. This Fascinating Mineral Hobby    (p. 9)
2. How Rocks and Minerals Are Formed    (p. 17)
    Igneous Rocks    (p. 19)
    Sedimentary Rocks    (p. 22)
    Metamorphic Rocks    (p. 27)
    Soils and Scenery    (p. 28)
3. Building a Mineral Collection    (p. 31)
4. Seven Keys to Recognizing Minerals    (p. 41)
    Luster    (p. 41)
    Hardness    (p. 42)
    Color    (p. 43)
    Streak    (p. 44)
    Cleavage    (p. 45)
    Fracture    (p. 46)
    Specific Gravity    (p. 47)
    Other Mineral Properties    (p. 47)
    How to Read Chemical Formulas    (p. 51)
    How to Use the Outlines    (p. 53)
    Identifying the Minerals.  Outline of Keys    (p. 54)
5. Four Keys to Recognizing Rocks    (p. 161)
    Texture and Structure    (p. 161)
    Color    (p. 162)
    Acid Test    (p. 163)
    Mineral Content    (p. 163)
    Identifying the Rocks, Outline of Keys    (p. 164)
    Magazines for the Collector    (p. 187)
    Books for the Collector    (p. 188)
Index    (p. 189)