Minerals of Broken Hill

Australian Mining & Smelting, 1982. hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 10x7x1. 1982 Australian Mining and Smelting Ltd. (Melbourne, Australia), 10 3/4 x 10 7/8 inches tall red buckram cloth hardcover in publisher's unclipped dust jacket, silver design and lettering to front cover and spine, cream endpapers, copiously illustrated with color and black-and-white photographs and drawings, index, 260 pp. Very slight creasing to front free-endpaper. Otherwise, a very good to near fine copy - clean, bright and unmarked - in a slightly edgeworn dust jacket with a small chip to the upper edge but which is nicely preserved and displayed in a clear archival Brodart sleeve. Note that this is a heavy and oversized book, so additional postage will be required for international or priority orders. ~NN~ [4.0P] A stellar work on the geology, mineralogy and mining history of one of Australia's greatest mineral deposits. Fifteen authors discuss various aspects of the mining district, its geology, history and people. 170 color photographs document the varied and prolific mineralogy of this great mineral producing region. Many figures, maps and mineral data tables, as well as general references, an extensive bibliography and biographies of all contributors to the book.