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Article: Encyclopedia of Mineral Names
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- Mineralogical Record
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- September 1, 1997
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Encyclopedia of Mineral Names
by William H. Blackburn and William H. Dennen, with illustrations by Peter Russell. Published (1997) by the Mineralogical Association of Canada, P.O. Box 78087, Meriline Postal Outlet, 1460 Merivale Road, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K2E IBI; hardcover, 8.25 x 11.63 inches, 360 pages, priced at $40 CDN in Canada and $40 US in the U.S. and elsewhere, postpaid.
This book is Number I in the Special Publication series of The Canadian Mineralogist. Written by two well known mineralogists, and illustrated by a long-established geological and petrological draftsman, it brings a new and welcome look to the field of mineralogy.
Interest in the "human" side of mineralogy ...