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Rocks and rock minerals / (Record no. 418927)

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000 -LEADER
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001 - CONTROL NUMBER
control field 135613
003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER
control field ISI Library, Kolkata
005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION
control field 20150310125128.0
008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION
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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9788126545803
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE
Original cataloging agency ISI Library
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Edition number 23
Item number D566
Classification number 552
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Dietrich, Richard V.
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Rocks and rock minerals /
Statement of responsibility, etc Richard V. Dietrich and Brian J. Skinner.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc New Delhi :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc John Wiley,
Date of publication, distribution, etc 2014.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xi, 319 p. :
Other physical details illustrations ;
Dimensions 24 cm.
505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note Chapter 1. Minerals and their properties--<br/>Chapter 2. The rock-forming minerals--<br/>Chapter 3.Determination of the rock-forming minerals--<br/>Chapter 4. Igneous and pyroclastic rocks--<br/>Chapter 5. Sedimentary and diagenetic rocks--<br/>Chapter 6. Metamorphic rocks and migmatites--<br/>Chapter 7. Other rocks and pseudo-rocks--<br/>Chapter 8. Identification tables for rocks--<br/>Index.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc A contemporary successor to the Louis V. Pirsson and Adolph Knopf editions, providing a guide and reference that explains how rocks occur, their commercial usage and how to identify them through macroscopic, handspecimen features. Gives complete coverage of rock-forming minerals, rocks and man-made, rock-like materials, as well as meteorites, impactites, grossans and more. Tables are provided for identifications based on megascopic examinations and simple field tests that require no sophisticated laboratory equipment. Plus, numerous illustrations represent rocks and rock-forming minerals as they appear in nature.<br/>
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Petrology.
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Mineralogy.
700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Skinner, Brian J.
942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA)
Source of classification or shelving scheme Dewey Decimal Classification
Koha item type Books
Holdings
Lost status Not for loan Home library Current library Date acquired Cost, normal purchase price Full call number Accession Number Koha item type
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