Overview

Nevada has an extraordinary diversity of minerals, some of them unique to the state and some the focus of human exploitation for millennia. ""Minerals of Nevada"" is the first synoptic catalog of Nevada minerals, listing every mineral found in the state along with the places where they occur. The book includes the geologic history of the state, the history of mining in Nevada, descriptions of significant mineral deposits and mining districts, maps, and an album of striking color photographs of rare and important minerals.

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9780874178821

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<p> The long-awaited Minerals of Nevada is now available and is clearly a fine, comprehensive treatment of one of our most important mineral-producing states. . . . This exceptional book . . . is an absolute requirement for the library of anyone interested in geographic mineralogy or the mineral occurrences of the Great State of Nevada. -- Media Reviews

Author Information

Stephen B. Castor is a retired research scientist from the Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, where he worked for more than twenty years, mostly on studies of mineral deposits. Since retirement, he has consulted on uranium, zinc, rare earth, and lithium deposits. Gregory C. Ferdock is the owner of CGF Geological Resources and a consulting mineralogist and economic geologist.

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