The World's Finest Minerals and Crystals

The World's Finest Minerals and Crystals
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.

Masterpieces of the Mineral World

Masterpieces of the Mineral World
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.

The Essential Guide to Crystals, Minerals and Stones

The Essential Guide to Crystals, Minerals and Stones
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

Gems and Gemstones

Gems and Gemstones
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.

Minerals of the World

Minerals of the World
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.

Gemstones of the World

Gemstones of the World
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.

Handbook of Rocks, Minerals, and Gemstones

Handbook of Rocks, Minerals, and Gemstones
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.

Gemstones of the World

Gemstones of the World
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.