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This multimedia "field guide" helps you to identify over 14,500 mineral
names and synonyms for both beginners and serious collectors. Hands-On
Mineral Identification provides detailed identification information
on 500 of the most common mineral species, full color animations, background
information, and photographs on physical characteristics of minerals. Watch
actual video demonstrations of physical property tests and read a detailed
explanation of crystal classification systems -- all narrated by the author!
The searchable database includes physical properties, rotatable 3-D crystal
shapes, full color photographs, worldwide localities, crystal class, and
mineral associations for each species. Version 1.1 adds a "Print Mineral Data" feature that prints an 81/2 x 11 sheet containing all properties for a mineral species.
Grades 7-12 and college.
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Table of Contents
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- Introduction
- Mineral Names, Nomenclature, and Classification
- Color and Streak
- Luster
- Hardness
- Cleavage and Parting
- Crystal Systems and Forms
- Habit, Appearance, and Twinning
- Tenacity and Fracture
- Density and Specific Gravity
- Special Properties
- Mineral Database
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Activity
*Adobe's Shockwave plug-in
is required to access this on-line activity.
Written by M. Darby Dyar, Ph.D.
Reviewed by Carl A Francis, Curator,
Harvard University Mineralogical Museum.
Most of the mineral photos that appear in the program are of
mineral samples from Harvard University Mineralogical Museum.
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