Author: Gerard Krefft
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Published: 2016-08-02
Total Pages: 142
ISBN-13: 9781333117764
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Excerpt from Catalogue of the Minerals and Rocks in the Collection of the Australian Museum These characters will be described in detail, and the modes of testing will be indicated where necessary. The characters include crystalline form, mode of fracture, colour, lustre, transparency, taste, odour, feel, hardness, specific gravity, fusibility, and chemical composition. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: Australian Museum
Publisher: Palala Press
Published: 2016-05-24
Total Pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9781359047526
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Author: Ross Pogson
Publisher:
Published: 2022-12
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780646836751
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Mineral Icons of the Australian Museum celebrates the opening ofour new Minerals Gallery - a brilliant showcase of the full breadthof the Australian Museum's collections in the Earth Sciences. Ondisplay are thousands of some of the finest examples of rocks andminerals ever collected from across Australia and around the world.This catalogue highlights a carefully curated selection of thesetreasures alongside their fascinating histories. This exclusive pairingof exhibition and catalogue has pieced together the story of bothour collection and of our planet in a way that reflects the spirit andknowledge of our Museum's dedicated scientists, past and present.