Mineral Wealth A Guide to the Occurrence - Hardcover

Mineral Wealth a Guide to the Occurrence Volume 2 Vols. Set [Hardcover]

Hardcover. Zustand: New. Language: English. India has been the repository of minerals from time immemorial. Ancient miners were well known for their skill in extracting and smelting the ores of Metals and in recovering Diamonds from deposits of various kinds. The Book Mineral Wealth is a useful research. It is in five parts. Part I : is about mineral fuels, Part II : deals with metals and their ores, Part III : is concerned with materials used in building construction, Civil Engineering etc. Part IV : is about the precious and semiprecious stones, and Part V : has chapters on Water supplies and soils. The book describes all the minerals found in India, Myanmar and Pakistan individually illustrating their places of origin, history, commercial exploitation, their uses in modern Times etc. Thus, the book should be useful for all those dealing with metals and metallurgical processes. The book contains 12 Maps and 14 plates. It also contains useful information in the appendix.Contents: Introduction I. THE MINERAL FUELS : 1. The Mineral Fuels II. THE METALS AND THEIR ORES : 2. The Precious Metals 3. The More Important Nonferrous Metals 4. Ferrous and Other Related Metals 5. The Steelhardening Metals 6. The Light Metals 7. The Atomic Metals and their Associates 8. The Rarer Elements of Industrial Importance III. MATERIALS USED IN BUILDING CONSTRUCTION, CIVIL ENGINEERING, ETC. : 9. Building Materials 10. Minerals Used in Ceramics, Refractories and Glass Manufacture 11. Mineral Colours and Abrasives 12. Minerals Used in Agriculture 13. Minerals Used in Industry Generally 14. Minerals with Special Uses IV. PRECIOUS AND SEMIPRECIOUS STONES : 15. Precious Stones 16. Uncommon Gem Stones 17. Semiprecious and Decorative Stones V. WATER AND SOILS : 18. Water Supplies 19. Soils The Title 'Mineral Wealth a Guide to the Occurrence written/authored/edited by J. Coggin Brown', published in the year 2008. The ISBN 9788182054837 is assigned to the Hardcover version of this title. This book has total of pp. 793 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Isha Books. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is Economic / Finance / Agriculture. Size of the book is 14.34 x 22.59 cms Vol: Volume 2 Vols. Set Volume 2 Vols. Set 793. Artikel-Nr. 1111008614481

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