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Richard Maxwell Pearl (1913–1980)

Author of How to Know the Minerals and Rocks

32 Works 504 Members 4 Reviews

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Works by Richard Maxwell Pearl

How to Know the Minerals and Rocks (1955) 151 copies, 1 review

Gems Minerals Crystals and Ores (1977) 50 copies

Colorado gem trails and mineral guide (1958) 48 copies

Rocks and Minerals (1956) 45 copies

Geology (1966) 43 copies

Successful mineral collecting and prospecting (1961) 41 copies

1001 Questions Answered About the Mineral Kingdom (1995) 23 copies

Cleaning and Preserving Minerals (1980) 21 copies, 1 review

Popular Gemology (2011) 15 copies

Exploring Rocks, Minerals, Fossils in Colorado (1969) 11 copies

Handbook for Prospectors (1973) 9 copies, 1 review

American gem trails (1964) 8 copies

The wonder world of metals (1966) 6 copies

Landforms of Colorado (1975) 4 copies

America's Mountain: Pikes Peak and the Pikes Peak Region 3 copies

Turquiose (1976) 3 copies

Mineral collectors handbook 3 copies

1001 Questions Answered About Earth Science 3 copies, 1 review

Guide to Geologic Literature 2 copies

Garnet Gem and Mineral (1975) 2 copies

Turquoise (1976) 2 copies

Cleaning and Preserving Minerals, Fifth Edition 1 copy

Fallen from Heaven: Meteorites and Man 1 copy

An introduction to the mineral kingdom 1 copy

ROCKS and MINERALS Radioactive and fluorescent minerals Ores and metals, gems, meteorites, etc. 1 copy

Springs of Colorado 1 copy

Successful Mineral Collecting & Prospect (1961) 1 copy

Nature's Names for Colorado Communities 1 copy

Nature as Sculptor: A Geologic Interpretation of Western Scenery 1 copy

Gem identification simplified 1 copy

Atlas Of Crystal Stereograms with Viewer (1976) 1 copy

Seven keys to the Rocky Mountains 1 copy

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20th century (3) American (3) collecting (3) Colorado (12) earth science (11) Earth sciences: Mineralogy (3) field guide (11) gems (5) Gems Minerals & Rocks (5) gemstones (3) geology (74) guide (6) guidebook (7) mineralogy (13) minerals (28) mining (4) natural history (3) nature (5) non-fiction (11) prospecting (10) reference (6) rockhounding (7) rocks (20) rocks and minerals (11) SC (3) science (18) Science & Nature (4) Sciences-Geology (3) Sciences-Mineralogy (4) travel (5)

Common Knowledge

Legal name: Pearl, Richard Maxwell
Birthdate: 1913-05-04
Date of death: 1980-11-28
Gender: male
Education: University of Colorado
Harvard University
Occupations: professor of geology
geologist
mineralogist
gemologist
Organizations: Colorado Springs Mineralogical Society
Colorado Mineral Society
Rocky Mountain Federation of Mineralogical Societies
American Federation of Mineralogical Societies
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, USA
Places of residence: Brooklyn, New York, USA
Detroit, Michigan, USA
Denver, Colorado, USA
Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
Place of death: Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
Associated Place (for map): Colorado, USA

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tedcgo 12 reviews

Cleaning and Preserving Minerals by Richard M. Pearl

Describes methods from many different sources.

carterchristian1 1,124 reviews

1001 questions answered about earth science by Richard M. Pearl

A truly wonderful way to study earth sciences.Questions and answers

laplantelibrary 4,803 reviews

How to Know Minerals and Rocks by Richard M. Pearl

7/10/22

Handbook for Prospectors by Richard M. Pearl

"A revision of "Handbook for prospectors and operators of small mines" by M.W. von Bernewitz".

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Library of Congress Children's Literature Center Children's Books

The wonder world of metals (Nature and Science – 1966)

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Works: 32
Members: 504
Popularity: #49,150
Rating: ½ 3.7

Reviews: 4
ISBNs: 21

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