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A mineralogist, Pough (pronounced "Poe") is the author of the essential geological guide, A Field Guide to Rocks and Minerals (1953). Rather than expect readers to be geologists themselves, the book used photos and good writing to explain its subject, including descriptions on how gems and other minerals are formed, and how to find them in nature. The result: the book is still in print and has sold more than a million copies. "It was aimed at teenagers as well as adults and identified the specimens that found their way into the hands of many, many people," said Carl Francis, curator of the Mineralogical Museum at Harvard University. A Harvard researcher named a newly found mineral Poughite in his honor in 1968. Pough apparently enjoyed his work: he never fully retired, and collapsed and died from a heart attack at a mineral show on April 7. He was 99. From This is True for 9 April 2006 Suggestions for further reading:
 By: Frederick H. Pough List Price: $5.95 Amazon Price: $5.95 Editorial Review: This concise field guide to more than 250 common gems, ores, and other rocks and minerals features beautiful color photographs, information for the beginners on how to identify rocks and minerals, as well as facts and information about rocks and minerals. Author: Frederick H. Pough Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Nifontovite from Charcas, San Luis Potosi, Mexico.: An article from: The Mine... By: Frank C. HawthorneWilliam W. PinchFrederick H. Pough List Price: $5.95 Amazon Price: $5.95 Editorial Review: This digital document is an article from The Mineralogical Record, published by Thomson Gale on July 1, 2005. The length of the article is 1073 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. Citation Details Title: Nifontovite from Charcas, San Luis Potosi, Mexico. Author: Frank C. Hawthorne Publication: The Mineralogical Record (Magazine/Journal) Date: July 1, 2005 Publisher: Thomson Gale Volume: 36 Issue: 4 Page: 375(2) Distributed by Thomson Gale |
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