today in mineral forum, we are going to review this book Fleischer's glossary of mineral species If you want to know more about this book, stay! no more hiccups, let's start! Fleischer's glossary will provide you with the fair and necessary information about minerals Constituted by their chemical elements, type of locality and crystalline form The book is softcover with a subtle design It has 420 pages and is in English
Published by The Mineralogical Records On the first pages you will find A brief introduction, a summary of the abbreviations used such as that of the chemical elements, references of information sources, etc. After this we move on to the minerals which are arranged alphabetically Together, above information At the end of this issue Provides a list of mineral groups arranged alphabetically For example, we will find: the super group of tourmalines Where you show us all the mineral species that compose it The good thing: this book is updated every certain number of years Taking reference from new minerals Changes and updates approved by the international association of mineralogy If we compare it with previous versions, you can tell the difference in the content The bad: a book that is difficult to find in Latin American countries In summary: It is a book that I think every mineral collector should have in their library., aimed at collectors who are already several years old and wish to deepen their knowledge of the amount of existing minerals The book is aimed at an adult audience
My overall rating for this book is 5/5., highly recommended! If you want to buy the most recent version of this book, it will leave you the link from the official page where you can buy it in the video description ↓↓