Author | : Peter Bancroft |
Publisher | : Penguin Putnam |
Total Pages | : 184 |
Release | : 1973 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : |
Rare specimens of minerals and crystals from private and public collections are depicted in color plates and descriptive notes.
Author | : Peter Bancroft |
Publisher | : Penguin Putnam |
Total Pages | : 184 |
Release | : 1973 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : |
Rare specimens of minerals and crystals from private and public collections are depicted in color plates and descriptive notes.
Author | : Wendell E. Wilson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 2004-11 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : |
The collection of natural mineral crystals housed at the Houston Museum of Natural Science is the finest and best known in the world. Now the treasures of this singular collection are shown in resplendent photographs that will seduce both the connoisseur of beauty and the student of natural history.
Author | : Margaret Ann Lembo |
Publisher | : Llewellyn Worldwide |
Total Pages | : 458 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 0738732524 |
Improve your life on all levels--mentally, physically, emotionally, and spiritually--with this essential reference guide to 160 easily-procured crystals, minerals, and stones. Packed with practical knowledge and 190 beautiful full-color photos, this easy-to-use handbook will teach you all about the gemstone world. Each page provides you with concise information: stone name and properties, color, corresponding chakra, planet, element, zodiac sign, numerological association, and mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual uses. Margaret Ann Lembo's metaphysical crystal directory will also give you Mohs scale ratings, divinatory meanings, and a series of positive affirmations for each stone. Learn how to charge, cleanse, and use gemstones in healing grids, plus how to use them as oracles for personal development and spiritual awakening. Praise: "When energetically used with the understandings and tips provided in this A-Z essential guide, all good things are possible. Your 'everything' go-to for crystals!"--Cyndi Dale, bestselling author of The Complete Book of Chakra Healing and Beyond Soul Mates "A must-have guide for anyone who even enjoys picking up rocks. Her straight-from-the-hip approach is matched by her passion, love and knowledge of each and every geode, multifaceted crystal, and everything in between."--Joan Ranquet, author of Communication with All Life
Author | : Lance Grande |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 387 |
Release | : 2009-11-15 |
Genre | : Design |
ISBN | : 0226305112 |
"Gems and Gemstones" features nearly 300 color images of cut gems, precious and semiprecious stones, gem-quality mineral specimens, and fine jewelry to be unveiled in the new Grainger Hall of Gems at the Field Museum in Chicago.
Author | : Peter Bancroft |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 176 |
Release | : 1973 |
Genre | : Mineralogy |
ISBN | : 9780500010914 |
Author | : Walter Schumann |
Publisher | : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc. |
Total Pages | : 236 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Minerals |
ISBN | : 140275339X |
It's the classic work revised and updated! Identify over 500 of the most collectible minerals quickly and easily with this fully photographed field guide. And this new reissue makes identification easier, with new cleavability ratings for each entry alongside the handy classifications based on streak colour, Mohs' hardness and specific gravity. A complete introductory discussion of mineral forms and properties explains the essential criteria for recognition, and each of the hundreds of minerals (from Ankerite to Zinwaldite) is accompanied by information on its fracture, luster, chemical formula, aggregates, distinguishing characteristics and localities.
Author | : Walter Schumann |
Publisher | : N. A. G. Press |
Total Pages | : 279 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Precious stones |
ISBN | : 9780719803017 |
A comprehensive manual of the world's gemstones and includes more than 1,400 examples. Opposite each illustration, this text provides a description of the particular stone, including details of the properties and chemical composition which makes the stone unique. It also gives information on location of major deposits, and alternative names.
Author | : Walter Schumann |
Publisher | : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Total Pages | : 390 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 9780395511374 |
Contains descriptions and photographs of approximately six hundred minerals, rocks, and meteorites, providing information about the history, origin, structure, composition, properties, classification, and location of each specimen.
Author | : Walter Schumann |
Publisher | : Sterling Publishing (NY) |
Total Pages | : 266 |
Release | : 1977 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : |
Describes the appearance, formation, physical properties and characteristics, mining, and cutting of precious, semiprecious, and synthetic gemstones.