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"Using the word 'minerals' in its broadest sense, Fifty Minerals that Changed the Course of History features the metals, alloys, rocks, and organic minerals and gemstones that humans have used as the building blocks of civilization. ... Weaving strands of economic, cultural, political and industrial history, each entry gives a fascinating perspective on the scope and pace of human development, and the dangers posed by our exploitation of Earth's resources."--Page 4 of cover.

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Apple
Language
English
Pages
223

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Fifty Minerals that Changed the Course of History
Sep 05, 2017, Firefly Books
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Fifty minerals that changed the course of history
2013, Apple
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London

Table of Contents

Diamond
Copper
Bronze
Alabaster
Alum
Aluminum
Asbestos
Amber
Silver
Clay
Arsenic
Asphalt
Gold
Chalk
Coal
Coral
Ivory
Slate
Iron
Kaolin
Graphite
Gypsum
Mercury
Potassium
Marble
Nacre
Natron
Obsidian
Ocher
Petroleum
Phosphorus
Platinum
Lead
Plutonium
Pumice
Quartz
Radium
Sand
Saltpeter
Salt
Flint
Steel
Tin
Sulfur
Talc
Titanium
Uranium
Jade
Tungsten
Zinc.

Edition Notes

Originally published: 2012.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
549.09
Library of Congress
QE359.A1C343 2013

The Physical Object

Pagination
223 pages
Number of pages
223

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL30115695M
Internet Archive
fiftymineralstha0000chal
ISBN 10
1845435079
ISBN 13
9781845435073
OCLC/WorldCat
830370253
Amazon ID (ASIN)

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