| Simon & Schuster's Guide to Rocks & Minerals |  | Creators: Martin Prinz, George Harlow, Joseph Peters
Publisher: Simon & Schuster, Inc.
Category: Book
List Price: $19.00
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Rating:  19 reviews
Sales Rank: 49,334
Media: Paperback
Edition: Sixth Printing
Pages: 607
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 4.6 x 1
ISBN: 0671244175
Dewey Decimal Number: 552.075
EAN: 9780671244170
Publication Date: November 15, 1978
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Product Description
Practical, concise, and easy to use, Simon & Schuster's Guide to Rocks and Minerals contains everything that the rock and mineral enthusiast needs to know. This field guide is divided into two large sections -- one devoted to minerals and one to rocks, each prefaced by a comprehensive introduction that discusses formation, chemistry, and more. All 377 entries, beautifully illustrated with color photographs and helpful visual symbols, provide descriptions and practical information about appearance, classification, rarity, crystal formation, mode of occurrence, gravity of mineral, rock chemistry, modal classification fields, formational environments, grain sizes of rocks, and much more. Whether you are a serious collector or an information-seeking amateur, this incomparably beautiful, authoritative guide will prove an invaluable reference.
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 ROCKS AND MINERALS April 23, 2010
C. Varner (ARIZONA)
A FIRST RATE BOOK FOR THE HOBBYIST OR A PROFESSIONAL TO USE IN THE FIELD OR OFFICE
A "must have" for any rock hound! August 29, 2009
Marie D. Smyers (Northeastern, USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I am replacing this book, I gave the one I had to my nephew who is now really into rocks. I am a Graduate Gemologist (someone who is certified in diamonds and colored gemstones), with my certification from the GIA (Gemological Institute of America), the only really trusted source of gem/diamond information worldwide.
I tell you this because even someone like me, can't remember every rock or gem.
I have Simon and Schuster's "Guide to gems and precious stones" as well.
Both of these books are like a dictionary for rocks or gems - always handy to have by your side.
-Marie S.
 Essential Book For Geologists May 14, 2009
Xu Shenjun (Shanghai, PRC)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
It contains an awful lot of details, with specific pictures and explanation.
However, it doesn't contain every kind of important rocks. Once I looked up for Stramatolites and I couldn't find it.
great book April 30, 2009
geology student (geology capital, usa)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
this is agreat book filled with very useful information on just about every rock an mineral that you need to know about. It also has pictures for you to reference what the samples could look like
Beautiful pictures & Informative October 9, 2008
Amanda (New Mexico, USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Great pictures of EVERY rock and mineral, a very helpful aspect of this book. Also has informative and thorough text to describe characteristics of minerals.
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