Author: Peter BancroftPublisher: Penguin Putnam
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Rare specimens of minerals and crystals from private and public collections are depicted in color plates and descriptive notes.
The World's Finest Minerals and Crystals
Author: Peter BancroftPublisher: Penguin Putnam
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Rare specimens of minerals and crystals from private and public collections are depicted in color plates and descriptive notes.
The Essential Guide to Crystals, Minerals and Stones
Author: Margaret Ann LemboPublisher: Llewellyn Worldwide
ISBN: 0738732524
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 458
Book Description
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
Masterpieces of the Mineral World
Author: Wendell E. WilsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
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 World's Finest Minerals and Crystals
Author: Peter BancroftPublisher:
ISBN: 9780500010914
Category : Mineralogy
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Gems and Gemstones
Author: Lance GrandePublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226305112
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 387
Book Description
"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
Author: Walter SchumannPublisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 140275339X
Category : Minerals
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
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
Author: Walter SchumannPublisher: N. A. G. Press
ISBN: 9780719803017
Category : Precious stones
Languages : en
Pages : 279
Book Description
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
Author: Walter SchumannPublisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780395511374
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
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
Author: Walter SchumannPublisher: Sterling Publishing (NY)
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
Describes the appearance, formation, physical properties and characteristics, mining, and cutting of precious, semiprecious, and synthetic gemstones.
The World of Fluorescent Minerals
Author: Stuart L. SchneiderPublisher: Schiffer Book for Collectors
ISBN: 9780764325441
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A sweeping survey of the fluorescent minerals of the world shown both in daylight and under the ultraviolet light. Written for the collector and the merely curious, this pictorial reference will capture your attention with its 825 color photos and informative text. It is an essential source for enjoying and identifying fluorescent minerals.