Four Treasures Reference Database
Record No. 26380

The Care and Conservation of Geological Material: Minerals, Rocks, Meteorites and Lunar Finds

Edited Book
Howie, F.M., editor (1992) The Care and Conservation of Geological Material: Minerals, Rocks, Meteorites and Lunar Finds.. Oxford, Butterworth-Heinemann, 138 pp..
ISBN/ISSN: 9780750000000  |  Sinkankas/Born No.: NIS/NIB  |  RWHL
gems, minerals, mineral specimen preparation, conservation
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.