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(STARKEY) Roy E. Starkey ~ Minerals of the English Midlands: Signed by Author

Author ~ Roy E. Starkey

Title ~ Minerals of the English Midlands

Signed By ~ Author 

ISBN ~ 9780993018220

Publisher ~ British Mineralogy Publications

Published ~ 2018

Language ~ English

Pages ~ 426

Format ~ Hardcover 

Condition ~ Used, Very Good

Large format Hardback. No dust jacket. Signed by the Author with a dedication on the first free end paper. Some bumps/scratches to the front board and spine. Slight lean of spine. Internally clean and bright with hundreds of full colour pictures 

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Goodness me! This is a massive work (432 pages) – but written with enthusiasm from the heart, with authoritative text, lovely photos throughout, fascinating anecdotes and history, with detailed geological descriptions of all the relevant counties.

Obviously, the “English Midlands” is not a geographically defined area, but for this book, it comprises the area from the Welsh border, north to the boundary of Derbyshire and Yorkshire, to the eastern margin of Northamptonshire and southwards, effectively to the M4 motorway.

This includes the English counties of:

Cheshire

Derbyshire

Gloucestershire

Herefordshire

Leicestershire

Northamptonshire

Nottinghamshire

Oxfordshire

Rutland

Shropshire

Staffordshire

Warwickshire

West Midlands, and

Worcestershire.

Together, these comprise an area of 30,000km2. Fortunately and as beautifully displayed in the book, the ‘English Midlands’ is an area of varied geology and landscapes, and fascinating industrial history.

This, book covers the magnificent mineral specimens that have been collected over the years from the area, frequently, the direct result of centuries of extraction. In fact, mining and quarrying have been essential to the area’s economy and, therefore, it has produced a wide range of great mineral specimens. These are displayed in the book by photos in full colour from local and regional museum collections, including at the Natural History Museum in London. Roy Starkey has also obtained access to private and public collections, resulting in the inclusion of previously unpublished photographs of mines, quarries, mineral specimens.

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