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CARE AND CONSERVATION OF GEOLOGICAL MATERIAL
Care and Conservation of Geological Material
Minerals, Rocks, Meteorites and Lunar Finds
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By
Frank Howie

Description
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.

Contents
Contents include: The stability of minerals; Conserving light sensitive minerals and gems; Temperature and humidity sensitive mineralogical and petrological specimens; Pyrite; Meteorites; Hazards for the mineral collector, conservator and curator.

Bibliographic details
Hardbound, 128 pages, publication date: JUL-1992
ISBN-13: 978-0-7506-0371-3
ISBN-10: 0-7506-0371-2
Imprint: BUTTERWORTH HEINEMANN

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