MINERALS OF SCOTLAND: PAST AND PRESENT (SECOND HAND COPY IN VERY GOOD CONDITION)

MINERALS OF SCOTLAND:

PAST AND PRESENT

  
By Alec Livingstone
  
Softback (second hand copy in very good condition)
  

A comprehensive and definitive account of Scotland's minerals and the people who discovered and collected them. This book includes sections on the collectors themselves and the pioneering role that Scottish scientists played in the development of mineralogy.

The book details 61 minerals native to Scotland with their description, history and occurrence; while a glossary of all 552 known species is included.

Published by National Museums of Scotland. 2002. Colour and black and white photographs, maps and diagrams.  Softback. 212 pages. Second hand copy in very good condition.