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Title: Manual of Mineral Science, 22nd Edition by Cornelis Klein ISBN: 0-471-25177-1 Publisher: Wiley Pub. Date: 20 April, 2001 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $119.95

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Average Customer Rating: 4.25 (4 reviews)

Rating: 4
Summary: Thorough and Well Illustrated
Comment: The book contains excellent diagrams, graphs and other illustrations, which are useful for all students. Although the CD has valuable tutorials for beginning students, the text is often too technical and "dry" for beginners. Besides discussing crystallography and mineralogy, the book also provides a good review of chemistry and methods for analyzing minerals. Overall, the book is an excellent reference for upper level undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty. Lower-level undergraduates may require a less technical textbook.

Rating: 4
Summary: From a student's perspective
Comment: I just finished the semester, so I think I have a pretty good feel for the book now. At the beginning I found it difficult simply because it occasionally used terms and diagrams before explaining them. As the semester progressed and I became more knowledgable about the subject, I found the textbook increasingly helpful and readable. Certainly there is a lot of good stuff in here, and the CD was unecessary but fun. Overall, it was a good complement to the lectures.

Rating: 5
Summary: A very useful tool for anyone learning about minerals
Comment: I have used this book for my mineralogy class in college. I keep it as a reference. i believe my understanding of the physical properties of mineral could not have happened from lectures alone. It was this book which helped me and everyone in mineralogy classes throughout the U.S. There are easy to use tables and facts on almost every mineral you could come across in the field. I hope this book lasts with me the rest of my life.

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