Care and Conservation of Geological Material
eBook - ePub

Care and Conservation of Geological Material

  1. 128 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Care and Conservation of Geological Material

About this book

This is the first book to specifically address the preservation of an increasingly important group of materials. Techniques for processing minerals and rocks in the field and laboratory are outlined as well as the effects of treatments on specimens.Readership: Professional museum staff, curators and conservators, scientists and technicians; Students of mineralogy, private collectors.

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Yes, you can access Care and Conservation of Geological Material by Frank Howie in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Social Sciences & Archaeology. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2013
Print ISBN
9780367606459
eBook ISBN
9781135385217
Edition
1
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Archaeology
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Half Title page
  3. series
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright Page
  6. Series editors' preface
  7. Contents
  8. Foreword
  9. Preface
  10. List of Contributors
  11. Introduction
  12. 1 The stability of minerals
  13. 2 Conserving light sensitive minerals and gems
  14. 3 Temperature- and humidity-sensitive mineralogical and petrological specimens
  15. 4 Elements, alloys and miscellaneous minerals
  16. 5 Sulphides and allied minerals in collections
  17. 6 Pyrite and marcasite
  18. 7 Meteorites
  19. 8 The lunar sample collection
  20. 9 Hazards for the mineral collector, conservator and curator
  21. 1 Appendix I
  22. 2 Appendix II
  23. 3 Appendix III
  24. 4 Appendix IV
  25. Index