Hurlbut, Cornelius S. Jr.MareMagnum
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Mm 220x285 Volume rilegato in tela, sovraccoperta originale con fioriture. 300 pagine con illustrazioni in bianco e nero e a colori nel testo. . Spedizione in 24 ore dalla conferma dell'ordine.
105 pages including index. Black and white illustrations. "Surveys of most of the known commercial or potentially commercial, readily accessible calcareous (limestone) deposits of southwestern British Columbia. Limestone denotes a rock of sedimentary origin consisting mainly of calcium carbonate (calcite) or the double carbonate of calcium and magnesium (dolomite)." - from page 7. Table of contents include geology (origin, modifications, mineralogical composition), quarrying and processing (procedure, impure beds, topography, marketing - uses and specifications), stratigraphy (palaeozoic, triassic, jurassic), descriptions of deposits (Chilliwack River, Vancouver Island, Horne Lake). above-average wear. Spine taped. Usual library markings. A worthy working copy. Book
Features: Rowley wulfenite; New British Columbia Jade Locality - near Takla Landing; Colorful Jewelry from Ceramics; Navajo Agate along the Old Spanish Trail in California; Oklahoma's Minerals and Gems; Leopardite and Leopard Rocks; Optical Calcite; A Ring for a tumbled stone; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Book
64 pages. Features: Carving Techniques; Ancient Farmington Snails; Colunmar Basalt near Johnsondale; Head of Christ in limestone; Rockhounding is my hobby; Amber near Seattle, Washington; How to assemble a Carving Arbor; Calcite; Projection of Growing Crystals; Digested Chips; and more. Somewhat above-average external wear. Unmarked. Address label on front cover. Middle two pages loose but present. Book
4to. Vol. 1: pp. [ii],1-76, 25 detailed figs. on 4 finely etched pls.; vol. 2: pp. [ii],63-111, 32 figs. on 3 etched pls. Part I sewed as issued, part II in contemp. plain wrs. - Classic papers on calcite and aragonite in anorganic and organic nature. Groth p. 252. - The second part with author's presentation inscription to Prof. Haushofer.
