Author: Georgius Agricola
Translators: Mark Chance Bandy and Jean A. Bandy
From the original catalog copy: A translation of the first Latin edition of 1546 of this work, which earned its author the title of Father of Mineralogy. Aside from its historical interest as the first systematic classification of minerals, one based on physical properties, De Natura Fossilium gives mineral localities and describes the occurrence of many ore minerals for the first time.
Published: 11/01/1955
ISBN Number: 9780813720630
Pages: 255
Product Category: EBooks