Book Review: Hey's Mineral Index, Mineral Species, Varieties and Synonyms, 3rd edn, by A.M. Clark. Chapman & Hall, London, 1993. No. of pages: 852. Price: £50.00. ISBN 0 412 399 504
✍ Scribed by W. S. MacKenzie
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 116 KB
- Volume
- 31
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0072-1050
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✦ Synopsis
As a specialist text one might imagine the readership of this book to be somewhat limited. But this should not be the case. Potential readers should include all research and exploration geologists whatever their locational persuasion (field or laboratory). There will be something in this book they could use. Undergraduates following specialist courses in remote sensing or specialist field courses will also find much of value. It should be on the general reading list for all third year honours students in geology, who at the very least should understand some of the potential, and pitfalls, of imagery used in geological studies. And, finally. for the amateur, this work is likely to appear somewhat daunting, although there is a lot of stimulating information that could be gleaned, not least ofwhich from the many photographs of images. However they, and perhaps, years 1 and 2 geology undergraduates, should not be deterred. and would be well advised to refer to Drury's ' A Guide 1 0 Remote Sensing', published in 1990, for a stimulating introduction.
Many texts are by nature historical in their accent, outlining what has been achieved to date and by whom, this edition does this and more its a window, or perhaps a computer screen, to the future -if we choose to use it.