1999, Perfect Binding
136 pages
Dimensions: 220 x 270 mm
ISBN: 5900395189
$34.00
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| Mineral Collections of Russia Part I |
Part 1. Fourteen Presonal Collections (18th - 20th Century)
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 Language: English/Russian
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Author: various
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Illustrations by: various
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The second volume of the Mineralogical Almanac contains a description of fourteen personal mineral collections, gathered during the 18th and the 19th centuries by prominent politicians, scientists, missionaries and businessmen - are now a part of the State
Museum collections. Another group includes six collections which were collected by our contemporaries - amateurs and professional mineralogists. Each reflects the interests
of its owner - scientific, aesthetic, geographic, etc. The Almanac displays the range
others interests together with the beauty of the Mineral Kingdom. It is the first in the
series of issues devoted to the Mineral Collections of Russia.
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