Download or read book Minerals written by Hochleitner, and published by Barron's Educational Series, Incorporated. This book was released on 1994-03 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Barron's guide is a new kind of book for identifying minerals, one that even beginners can use to make quick, sure identifications. The simple, easy-to-understand profiles are supplemented by sketches of crystals made by the author especially for this book and based on the most up-to-date crystallographic data. It is a field guide to mineral deposits, categorized by color and degree of hardness for fast, easy identification.