Earth Materials: Introduction to Mineralogy and Petrology

This book exceeded my expectations in being eminently readable and clear. The authors make a relatively complex subject matter very understandable to a college-educated person. What is remarkable about this is that the authors did not dumb down the subject matter in any way. Topics like space groups, thermodynamics, hydrology, etc. are all covered in sufficient detail, so that the reader can actually understand the topic and is not just relegated to looking at charts and pictures. I highly recommend this text. The authors are masters of their domain! The price is great too!

A great book from Professors Klein and Philpotts. This book is a departure from the old-style mineralogy books in which mineral descriptions were not written in complete sentences. Nice. In creating a single book that includes rocks, minerals and other earth materials the detail of the content was condensed. It is a good book for courses that combine the content of mineralogy and petrology. Easy to read, you don't have to already be a geologist to understand it. I purchased the hard copy and the kindle.

I bought it for my preteen daughter, she loves studying rocks. She loves the book and all the detailed info.

The item was as described.

Very good textbook for an intermediate mineralogy coarse.

Used for definitions and examples in a federal appellate legal dispute.

The authors did an excellent job in writing this. Unfortunately, whoever prints the paperback is less professional. Check it carefully when you receive it, e.g. pages 87 and 571, as the letters may not be in the right place. Hopefully this will be fixed after I've returned 2 copies.

Great in depth resource for introduction geology. The labels on all of the illustrations are kerned wrong so that the words are jumbled up to almost be unreadable. If you need clear labels on the pictures don't buy this because it will drive you nuts