Product Description: For experts and armchair enthusiasts like, Rocks and Minerals will appeal to anyone interested in uncovering the mysteries of this subject.A general introduction is followed by a detailed exploration of the three groups of rocks: igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary, including their formation and occurrence, main characteristics and economic uses...read more

Product Description: This is the ultimate photographic guide to over 150 types of rocks, with many tips on sourcing rocks in the field and identifying collected specimens, and including expert analysis of the key rock-forming environments of the world...read more

Product Description: This is the ultimate photographic guide to the world of rocks and minerals, and how to build a collection, featuring over 800 stunning photographs and artworks. This is the ultimate visual encyclopedia of rocks and minerals, with a directory of over 300 specimens...read more

A guide to more than six hundred specimens includes detailed descriptions and illustrations.

Product Description: Features 135 splendid color photographs, ranges from vast rock-landscapes recorded in Europe, America, Australia, and Iceland right down to finely detailed images of a few square millimeters. Close-ups of crystals, gems, and fossils are alternated with micro-images of the minute textures and patterns that emerge from thin, translucent sections of rocks and minerals...read more

Provides photographs of more than 220 varieties of minerals, rocks, and fossils.

An authoritative and practical identification guide to minerals, rocks and fossils of the world. This new edition of a classic reference work has been completely revised, updated and redesigned, with new extended introductory sections and appendices. An invaluable handbook for amateur collectors and specialists alike, this book is small and compact enough to carry in the pocket or backpack. • Over 600 specimens in full colour • Every specimen described and illustrated on the same double-page spread • Over 300 line drawings identifying structures and features (view table of contents)

The encyclopaedia contains more than 13,000 A-Z entries, colour illustrations, 150 special box features and 200 individual country features.

Product Description: An introduction to the use of thin sections in the study of petrography—the scientific description of rocks. It covers all rock types—igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic—and provides readers with an excellent overview of the subject. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

A comprehensive full-color handbook for identifying and collecting minerals the world over. What to look for, how to test, and how to identify more than five hundred stones--all the answers are provided in this essential rock collecting guide.

Describes the appearance, formation, and structure of hundreds of specimens

Line drawings and color photographs enhance a field guide that describes the appearance, formation, and structure of hundreds of specimens

Vivid photographs supplement practical data on the characteristics and collection of rock and mineral specimens