Handbook of Rocks, Minerals, and Gemstones

This handbook includes more than 600 stunning color photographs showing rocks, minerals, and gems from all over the world. Each specimen is described in detail: its origin and structure, chemical composition, hardness, color, and other properties.

• Collecting Rocks, Gems and Minerals: Identification, Values and Lapidary Uses
• Gemstones of the World: Newly Revised Fifth Edition
• A Field Guide to Rocks and Minerals (Peterson Field Guides)
• Simon & Schuster's Guide to Rocks & Minerals
• Smithsonian Handbooks: Rocks & Minerals (Smithsonian Handbooks) (DK Smithsonian Handbook)
• National Audubon Society Field Guide to Rocks and Minerals: North America (National Audubon Society Field Guides)
• The Rock and Gem Book: And Other Treasures of the Natural World
• National Geographic Pocket Guide to Rocks and Minerals of North America
• Handbooks: Gemstones: The Clearest Recognition Guide Available (DK Smithsonian Handbook)
• Rock and Gem