Mineral identification
 through simple chemical and physical methods
 This book provides mineral collectors and those interested in mineralogy with a tool that allows them to obtain helpful information about unknown minerals using simple methods and without extensive knowledge of chemistry and physics – essentially a "cookbook for mineral identification for laypeople." Above all, it conveys the joy of experimentation and analysis, the triumphant feeling of perhaps having identified a rare mineral or element oneself. This work now gives many people the opportunity to engage with this fascinating subject. The author has made a suitable and practical selection from the almost limitless number of chemical and physical methods for mineral identification – choosing the best of them and compiling them in this book!
 194 pages with numerous pictures and graphics, in the format 15.5 x 21.5 cm. Hardcover.