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Mineral collecting by amateur "rockhounds" has never been more popular. Old quarries, road cuts, and exposed landscapes are being examined by new generations of minerals ...
'A delightful storybook . . . a portrait of our whole world created from the contents of the ground' Literary Review
'A real cabinet of curiosities' Sunday Times ...
Your compact and colourful guide to more than 450 rocks, crystals, gemstones, and fossils
Explore Earth's natural treasures, from their primeval origins to traditional ...
Stardust-also known as micrometeorites-is the oldest matter anywhere. Nothing has traveled farther to reach Earth. For a century, scientists have searched everywhere for stardust, but ...
This is the ultimate photographic guide to the world of rocks and minerals, as well as how to build your own collection. An extensive introduction ...
Step-by-step Questions and Answers with detailed color photographs for easy identification. The Firefly Guide to Minerals, Rocks and Gems is designed for easy and reliable ...
This concise, clear and handy-sized volume, aimed at the undergraduate level, provides an introduction to the observation, description and identifi cation in thin section, using ...
Renowned jewellery historian and gemmologist, Helen Molesworth traces the journey of gems, showing how their remarkable stories are a sparkling new way of exploring the ...
The essential illustrated rocks and minerals guide.
Learn how to identify rocks and minerals and appreciate the beauty of the natural world with Rocks & ...
An illustrated guide to gemstones and crystals, the myths and stories behind them, and the world's most celebrated jewellery
Discover the history of precious ...
'A delightful storybook . . . a portrait of our whole world created from the contents of the ground' Literary Review 'A real cabinet of curiosities' Sunday Times ...
'Glorious . . . anecdote and information accumulate with marvellous abundance and a passionate sense of the fascination of jewels' Spectator
Amber is the tears of prehistoric trees ...
Diamond is the record-setter in many mineralogical properties such as hardness, diffusivity, thermal conductivity, purity, and covalency of bonding. Similarly, diamond, as the premier gemstone ...
