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A Collector’s Guide to Granite Pegmatites

Vandall T. King
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Granite pegmatite crystals have long been admired by gem and mineral collectors as a source of fine specimens and…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 209 color photos | 96 pp
ISBN13: 9780764335785 | Binding: soft cover

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Collecting Fluorescent Minerals

Revised and Expanded 2nd Edition
Stuart Schneider
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Seeing fluorescent minerals up close for the first time is an exciting experience. The colors are so pure and the…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 870 color photos | 192 pp
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ISBN13: 9780764336195 | Binding: soft cover

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Collector’s Guide to Silicates: Di- and Ring Silicates

Robert Lauf
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This book explains the structural relationships among di- and ring silicate minerals, known for their hardness and…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 581 color images | 272 pp
ISBN13: 9780764354366 | Binding: hard cover

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Collector’s Guide to Silicates: Orthosilicates

Robert Lauf
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The definitive resource for mineral collectors, this comprehensive book describes the structural relationships…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 450 color and 17 b/w | 256 pp
ISBN13: 9780764352867 | Binding: hard cover

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Collector’s Guide to the Balmat Mining District: St. Lawrence County, New York

Steve Chamberlain, Marian V. Lupulescu, David G. Bailey, William F. deLorraine & George W. Robinson
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The Balmat Mining District in southern St. Lawrence County, New York, is a former mining site known among…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 249 color and b/w images | 128 pp
ISBN13: 9780764354663 | Binding: hard cover

$34.99
Collector’s Guide to the Black Tourmaline of Pierrepont, New York

Steven C. Chamberlain, George W. Robinson, Michael R. Walter, Jeffrey R. Chiarenzelli, Marian V. Lupulescu, David G. Bailey
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Since its discovery by a teenager in 1859, thousands of specimens of lustrous black tourmaline crystals from…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 229 color & b/w images | 128 pp
ISBN13: 9780764351990 | Binding: soft cover

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Collector’s Guide to Fluorite

Arvid Eric Pasto
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Fluorite is found everywhere, has been important to industry for centuries, and is a minor ornamental material as…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 143 color photos, 10 illus. | 96 pp
ISBN13: 9780764331930 | Binding: soft cover

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Collector’s Guide to Quartz and Other Silica Minerals

Robert J. Lauf
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Quartz is prized by both mineral collectors and lapidary artists. Over 130 vivid photographs of these beautiful…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 133 color & 3 b/w photos | 96 pp
ISBN13: 9780764341618 | Binding: soft cover

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Collector’s Guide to Texas Cretaceous Echinoids

William W. Morgan
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Texas is known worldwide as a rich resource for the intricate Cretaceous-age echinoids widely sought by…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 368 color and 14 b/w images | 160 pp
ISBN13: 9780764350313 | Binding: soft cover

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Collector’s Guide to the Axinite Group

Robert J. Lauf
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The axinite group of rock-formed minerals is well known to collectors through the spectacularly sharp crystals…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 97 color photos | 96 pp
ISBN13: 9780764332166 | Binding: soft cover

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Collector’s Guide to the Beryl Group

Robert J. Lauf
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Beryl in its many color varieties is a favorite of both mineral collectors and gemologists. Superb examples are…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 103 color & 2 b/w photos | 96 pp
ISBN13: 9780764338786 | Binding: soft cover

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Collector’s Guide to the Epidote Group

Robert J. Lauf
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Over 90 striking color photos display minerals of the epidote group, well known to mineral collectors for their…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 92 color photos | 96 pp
ISBN13: 9780764330483 | Binding: soft cover

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Collector’s Guide to the Feldspar Group

Robert J. Lauf
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Over 100 vivid color photographs of beautiful feldspar minerals show each species in its geological context. The…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 107 color & 2 b/w photos | 96 pp
ISBN13: 9780764343292 | Binding: soft cover

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Collector’s Guide to the Garnet Group

Robert J. Lauf
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Garnet, with its many color varieties, is a favorite of both mineral collectors and gemologists. Superb examples…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 129 color photos | 96 pp
ISBN13: 9780764340031 | Binding: soft cover

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Collector’s Guide to the Mica Group

Robert J. Lauf
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Mica is a broad term encompassing about forty minerals, ranging from the common to the rare, many at times forming…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 115 color photos | 96 pp
ISBN13: 9780764330476 | Binding: soft cover

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Collector’s Guide to the Pyroxene Group

Robert J. Lauf
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Over 115 striking color photos display pyroxene group minerals in all their forms and colors. This group of…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 116 color & 5 b/w images | 96 pp
ISBN13: 9780764334047 | Binding: soft cover

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Collector’s Guide to the Three Phases of Titania: Rutile, Anatase, and Brookite

Robert J. Lauf
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The mineral Titania is found in large, well-formed crystals at localities around the world. Over 100 color photos…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 107 color photos | 96 pp
ISBN13: 9780764332685 | Binding: soft cover

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Collector’s Guide to the Tourmaline Group

Robert J. Lauf
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Among rock-forming minerals, the colorful tourmaline group is a favorite of both mineral collectors and…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 129 color & 1 b/w photos | 96 pp
ISBN13: 9780764337758 | Binding: soft cover

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Collector’s Guide to the Vesuvianite Group

Robert J. Lauf
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Among rock-forming minerals, the vesuvianite group is best known through the many colorful crystals collected at…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 97 color photos, 4 illus. | 96 pp
ISBN13: 9780764332159 | Binding: soft cover

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Collector’s Guide to the Zeolite Group

Robert J. Lauf
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Among rock-forming minerals, the zeolite group is large and widespread, and is enormously important to industry….
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 250 color photos | 96 pp
ISBN13: 9780764346750 | Binding: soft cover

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