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Fifty minerals that changed the course of history / written by Eric Chaline.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Richmond Hill, Ont. ; Buffalo, NY : Firefly Books, 2012.Description: 223 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), ports. (some col.) ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781554079841
  • 1554079845
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 549.09 23
LOC classification:
  • QE359.A1 C53 2012
Online resources:
Contents:
Diamond -- Copper -- Bronze -- Alabaster -- Alum -- Aluminum -- Asbestos -- Amber -- Silver -- Clay -- Arsenic -- Asphalt -- Gold -- Chalk -- Coal -- Coral -- Ivory -- Slate -- Iron -- Kaolin -- Graphite -- Gypsum -- Mercury -- Potassium -- Marble -- Nacre -- Natron -- Obsidian -- Ocher -- Petroleum -- Phosphorus -- Platinum -- Lead -- Plutonium -- Pumice -- Quartz -- Radium -- Sand -- Saltpeter -- Salt -- Flint -- Steel -- Tin -- Sulfur -- Talc -- Titanium -- Uranium -- Jade -- Tungsten -- Zinc.
Summary: Chaline discusses the metals, alloys, rocks, and organic minerals and gemstones that humans have used as the building blocks of civilization. Covering the economic, cultural, political and industrial history of each, he shows the effect of each on the scope and pace of human development, as well as the dangers posed by our exploitation of Earth's resources-- Source other than Library of Congress.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 218-219) and index.

Diamond -- Copper -- Bronze -- Alabaster -- Alum -- Aluminum -- Asbestos -- Amber -- Silver -- Clay -- Arsenic -- Asphalt -- Gold -- Chalk -- Coal -- Coral -- Ivory -- Slate -- Iron -- Kaolin -- Graphite -- Gypsum -- Mercury -- Potassium -- Marble -- Nacre -- Natron -- Obsidian -- Ocher -- Petroleum -- Phosphorus -- Platinum -- Lead -- Plutonium -- Pumice -- Quartz -- Radium -- Sand -- Saltpeter -- Salt -- Flint -- Steel -- Tin -- Sulfur -- Talc -- Titanium -- Uranium -- Jade -- Tungsten -- Zinc.

Chaline discusses the metals, alloys, rocks, and organic minerals and gemstones that humans have used as the building blocks of civilization. Covering the economic, cultural, political and industrial history of each, he shows the effect of each on the scope and pace of human development, as well as the dangers posed by our exploitation of Earth's resources-- Source other than Library of Congress.

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