Lowa’s Minerals : Their Occurrence, Origins, Industries, and Lore

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In his carefully written text, geologist Paul Garvin has combined scientific facts about minerals with an appreciation in their history and beauty to produce a book with a view to appeal to scholars, collectors, and most people.
Garvin begins with a brief remedy of the origins of Iowa’s minerals, moving from the oldest – with ages well in way over a billion years – to these most recently formed. He describes the state’s major mineral occurrences, providing detailed information for both specialists and amateurs, including find out how to obtain get admission to to collecting sites. A history of Iowa’s mineral industries complements Garvin’s more technical information; this history is supplemented with stories in regards to the Cardiff Giant (who now has his own internet page), Ottumwa’s Coal Palace, and the meteor falls of the late nineteenth century.

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