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Product Description: Pages of full-color photos identify mineral formations as common as iron and sulfur and as precious as diamonds and rubies. Minerals are shown as they occur both in natural deposits and in their cut-and-polished states. Readers get an overview of mineral sources, gem cutting, imitation gems, metals and metal working, and much more...read more
By Alain Eid and Michel Viard (photographer)

Hardcover:

9780756766900 | Diane Pub Co, February 1, 2001, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: Pages of full-color photos identify mineral formations as common as iron and sulfur and as precious as diamonds and rubies.
9780764152184 | Barrons Educational Series Inc, May 1, 2000, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Color photographs and accompanying text identify mineral formations, showing them in their natural states as well as cut and polished, and covering fossils, archaeological sites, mining, gem cutting, metals and metalworking.

Readers will learn to recognize and categorize precious rocks and minerals with this reference containing beautifully lit examples of quartz, crystal, sapphires, and rubies, cleverly photographed against black backgrounds.

Hardcover:

9780785808244 | Book Sales, November 1, 1997, cover price $22.99 | About this edition: Readers will learn to recognize and categorize precious rocks and minerals with this reference containing beautifully lit examples of quartz, crystal, sapphires, and rubies, cleverly photographed against black backgrounds.

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The rich beauty of the world's most amazing butterflies is captured in a gorgeously illustrated and informative guide, featuring butterflies from Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas.

Hardcover:

9780785808251 | Book Sales, November 1, 1997, cover price $22.99 | About this edition: The rich beauty of the world's most amazing butterflies is captured in a gorgeously illustrated and informative guide, featuring butterflies from Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas.

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