This is a deluxe field guide and mini-encyclopedia for armature geologist, rock collectors, and nature lovers.

Identify minerals easily with this detailed field guide to mineral deposits. They are categorized by color and degree of hardness for fast, easy identification. Includes more than 500 full-color photographs and 300 drawings of crystals. This book is very well done.

 Soft cover with 239,  5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inch pages. By Rupert Hochleitner 
W-4319 $16.95

Dorling Kindersly Handbook on Rocks and Minerals is a very good mineral recognition guide. It is packed with color pictures and illustrations in its 256 pages. Includes crystal forms, mineral group and hardness information.
W-4304 $20.00

National Audubon Society. 794 full-color images are cross referenced to detailed descriptions of field patterns and rock locations. Excellent and comprehensive index. Charles W. Chesterman, 850 pages, 4 x8 inches with a soft cover.
W-5223 $19.95

Detailed descriptions of 270 minerals: geographic distribution, physical properties, chemical composition, crystalline structure, and more. Simple procedures and tests to ensure accurate identification. Portable format, color photos. Pough, 320 pages.
W-6280 $20.00

Learn about rock and mineral formation, tools, identification, finding minerals in the field, legal aspects, preparation and preservation, cutting and polishing, and making jewelry. Numerous B/W photos and illustrations with color photos of 50 of the most commonly encountered minerals. James R. Mitchell, 184 pages, 6 x 9 inch with a soft cover.
W-6255 $12.95

 A practical field guide to identify rocks and minerals. Over 1000 photographs and illustrations including 600 in spectacular full color. Harlow & Peters, 608 pages.
W-5261 $17.00

 Here in 260 vivid color photographs are over eighty species and varieties of gemstones from across the world-in their natural shapes, cut, and mounted in jewelry. Read about their origin and properties, their history, astrology, and legendary healing powers - and you might find a gemstone that could change your life. hard cover with 191,  5 1/2 x 6 inch pages. By Rudolf Duda and Lubos Rejl. 
W-4322 $17.95