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Dana's Manual of Mineralogy
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Manufacturer: John Wiley & Sons Inc
Author: Cornelius S. Hurlbut
Binding: Hardcover
Publication Date: 1977-06
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
Label: John Wiley & Sons Inc
Number Of Pages: 544
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This title is a SAP multimedia CD-ROM using three-dimensional models and animated graphics to visualize complex crystallographic and mineralogic concepts. Formula substitutions permit users to perform atomic substitutions within crystal structure formulas.
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MoM- The Bible of Mineralogy  2008-12-06
If your trying to become a geologist, this is the book you need for reference, or you can spend 5 hours in the library looking for answers. Remember to keep your eye on it also, because other students are going to want MoM for themselves.
Classical Mineralogy 2008-10-30
Dana's Manual of Mineralogy is a classic in the field of mineralogy. Althought it deals many oldtime methods in chemical geology it still provides a valuable insight to classical Mineral localities and to a classical crystallography providig many crystal morphology pictures of mineral specimens in discussion.
Great book, *after* an introduction to the topic... 2005-10-15
Into the 5th week of Mineralogy class, this book *then* became extremely informative - this is not a self-instructional manual, and I do not believe it was intended to be so. Most students will find the writing style in this text a bit intellectually heady, having been written by a distinguished Harvard PhD professor. It could have been written more concisely, perhaps more simplisticly, but all the information is there, and from what I understand, past editions were more comprehensive than this 22nd edition. I personally love this text, and only *after* an introduction to the subject will this text make real sense to the reader. And yes, I agree with the previous posts regarding certain statements about crystal structures that require some sort of base level knowledge of chemistry or physics or math (i.e. symmetry concepts) in order to fully comprehend a particular passage, but that's what you get from an Ivy League PhD-er! I believe this text was designed for the third year student who should already have taken 1 semester each of at least chemistry and calculus. Although calculus isn't necessary for the class, it presupposes that you know and understand some basic conceptual geometry.
I would suggest reading some basic introduction to mineralogy websites before tackling this book. Also, I have found that for the conscientious mineralogy students who possess a "more refined" reading level and who are putting genuine effort into the class, this book is a valuable edition. Other texts simply do not cover as much material as found here, such as x-ray diffraction and optics. Overall meant for students and not the self-taught, although that depends on the individual, but in general I would not recommend this for the beginner who wants to learn on his/her own. Still, a great text. Try getting some olders editions with less sub-subjects edited out for a real comprehensive text!
old-school text  2005-05-15
Oi, how much more convoluted can a text get? With every edition, this text gets less organized. Or that is at least true for the last 3 editions, anyways ... Eg. In how many chapters can the topic of "symmetry" be covered? Keeping it to 1 would be much easier to digest, thankyou.
The text is written in old-school rambly style... sure, it covers all topics, but it is hard to learn from (and in my experience, even harder to teach from). There are better options out there. Nesse "Intro to Mineralogy" text.
Dana's Manual of Mineralogy Review 2004-12-30
Dana's Manual of Mineralogy is one of the most important manuals ever written on mineralogy. It has been re-edit by Cornelius Klein after the death of the author.
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