Rare Minerals

Canadian Society of Mineralogy Publications

Rock, Gem and Mineral Books

MS BOOK AND MINERAL COMPANY

Mineralogy, Crystallography, Atomic Structure

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Mineralogical Records:

Listed by volume, Issue, topic, price each

 8,  2, Pegmatite Issue, $ 35

 8,  5, Twinning in Minerals, $ 10

10, 1, Minerals of the United States, Part II, $ 10

10, 3, The Occurrence of Japan-Law Twinning in Quartz, $ 10

13, 6, Gold I Issue, $ 40

16, 5, Tourmaline Issue, $ 25

17, 1, Silver I Issue, $ 20

18, 1, Gold II, $ 20

18, 5, Vanadium Minerals, $ 15

18, 6, Mineral Stereophotography with Stereopticon 707, $ 20

21, 1, 20th Anniversary Issue on Mineral Collection, $ 15

25, 4, The History and Apparatus of Blowpipe Analysis, $ 20

26, 1, Topaz Issue, $ 20

26, 4, Mineral Books Issue, $ 45

26, 6, The History of Mineral Collecting, $ 25

29, 6, History and Development of the Crystallographic Goniometer, $ 15

Mineralogy Books:

Ahrens, T. J., Ed. / AGU REFERENCE SHELF 2: MINERAL PHYSICS AND CRYSTALLOGRAPHY - A HANDBOOK OF PHYSICAL CONSTANTS, Washington, D. C., 1995, cl, 354 pages, - 1 -, $ 99

Ahrens, T. J., Ed. / AGU REFERENCE SHELF 2: MINERAL PHYSICS AND CRYSTALLOGRAPHY - A HANDBOOK OF PHYSICAL CONSTANTS, Washington, D. C., 1995, cl, 354 pages, - 3 -, $ 50

Allen, R. M. / PRACTICAL REFRACTOMETRY BY MEANS OF THE MICROSCOPE, 2^nd Edition, New York, 1962, 45 pages, 15 figs., data sheets inside back cover, - 3 -, $ 22

Armstrong, J. T., Ed. / MICROBEAM ANALYSIS 1985, San Francisco, 1985, cl, 382 pages, - 3 -, $ 45

Baker, W. O., et.al. / PROPERTIES OF CRYSTALLINE SOLIDS, ASTM Special Technical Publication No. 283, Baltimore, 1961, cl, 148 pages, 12 tables, 84 figs., - 3 -, $ 28

Barth, T. F. W. / FELDSPARS, New York, 1969, cl, 261 pages, - 2 -, $ 45

Bassow, H. / CONSTRUCTION AND USE OF ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR MODELS, Oxford, 1968, cl, 213 pages, - 3 -, slight foxing inside the covers and on endplates, $ 24

Battey, M. H. / MINERALOGY FOR STUDENTS, 2nd Edition, London, 1981, pb, 355 pages, - 3 -, $ 25

Battey, M. H. / MINERALOGY FOR STUDENTS, New York, 1972, cl, 323 pages, - 1 -, $ 42

Bell, P. and Wright, D. / ROCKS AND MINERALS, MacMillan Field Guide, New York, 1987, pb, 192 pages, - 2 -, $ 10

Blackburn, W. H. and Dennen, W. H. / PRINCIPLES OF MINERALOGY, 1st Edition, Dubuque, 1988, cl, 413 pages, - 3 -, $ 30

Blackburn, W. H. and Dennen, W. H. / PRINCIPLES OF MINERALOGY, 2^nd Edition, Dubuque, 1994, pb, 413 pages, - 3 -, $ 40

Bloss, F. D. / AN INTRODUCTION TO THE METHODS OF OPTICAL CRYSTALLOGRAPHY,  New York, 1961, cl, 294 pages, - 3 -, $ 12

Boegel, H. / THE STUDIO HANDBOOK OF MINERALS: A Guide to Gem and Mineral Collecting, New York, 1971, 304 pages, - 5 -, $ 10

Bragg, W. L. / ATOMIC STRUCTURE OF MINERALS, Ithaca, 1937, cl, 292 pages, - 3 -, $ 22

Bragg, L., Claringbull, G. F., and Taylor, W. H. / CRYSTAL STRUCTURES OF MINERALS, Ithaca, 1965, cl, 409 pages, - 3 -, $ 30

Brindley, G. W., Ed. / X-RAY IDENTIFICATION AND CRYSTAL STRUCTURES OF CLAY MINERALS, London, 1951, 345 pages, - 3 -, $ 20

Brownlow, A. H. / GEOCHEMISTRY, Englewood Cliffs, 1979, cl, 510 pages, 107 figs., 75 tables, answer key to chapter questions, small bump on top right corner on front board, ovg, - 2 -, $ 40

Brush, G. J. / MANUAL OF DETERMINATIVE MINERALOGY with an Introduction on Blowpipe Analysis, 12^th Edition, New York, 1900, cl, 104 pages, - 3 -, $ 30

Butler, G. M. / A POCKET HANDBOOK OF MINERALS designed for use in the field or classroom with little reference to chemical tests, 2^nd Edition, New York, 1911, cl, 155 pages, - 3 -, $ 20

Chen, P-Y. / TABLE OF KEY LINES IN X-RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION PATTERNS OF MINERALS IN CLAYS AND ASSOCIATED ROCKS, Indiana Occasional Paper 21, Bloomington, 1977, pb, 67 pages, - 3 -, $ 15

Clark, S. P., Jr., Ed. / HANDBOOK OF PHYSICAL CONSTANTS, Revised Edition, New York, 1966, cl,587 pages, - 3 -, $ 25

Comstock, J. L. / AN INTRODUCTION TO MINERALOGY: Adapted to the use of Schools and Private Students, 3^rd Edition improved, New York, 1841, cl, 369 pages, slight foxing throughout, ovg, $ 40

Cotton, F. A. / CHEMICAL APPLICATIONS OF GROUP THEORY, 2^nd Edition, New York, 1971, cl, 386 pages, - 3 -, $ 25

Crosby, W. D. / COMMON MINERALS AND ROCKS, Boston Society of Natural History, Guides for Science - Teaching No. 12, Boston, 1903, cl, 205 pages, 40 figs., 2 tables, - 3 -, $ 18

Cullity, B. D. / ELEMENTS OF X-RAY DIFFRACTION, Reading, 1956, cl, 514 pages, - 3 -, $ 25

Deer, W. A., Howie, R. A., and J. Zussman / AN INTRODUCTION TO ROCK FORMING MINERALS, London, 1978, pb, 528 pages, - 3 -, $ 48

Deer, W. A., Howie, R. A., and J. Zussman / ROCK-FORMING MINERALS, Complete 5 volume set, London, 1963, Volume 1 (Ortho and Ring Silicates) pp ix + 333, Volume 2 (Chain Silicates) ix + 379, Volume 3 (Sheet Silicates) x + 379, Volume 4 ( Framework Silicates) ix + 270, and Volume 5 (Non-Silicates) ix + 371 with numerous black & white illustrations, - 3 -, an extremely fine, clean set, $ 425

Deer, W. A., Howie, R. A., and J. Zussman / ROCK-FORMING MINERALS, Volume 2 only, Chain Silicates, London, 1963, cl, 379 pages, - 3 -, $ 100

de Fourestier, J. / GLOSSARY OF MINERAL SYNONYMS, The Canadian Mineralogist Special Publication 2, Ottawa, 1999, cl, 434 pages, - 2 -, these are new books with a tiny abrasion or two to the front board or spine, contents mint, priced at only $ 50

De Jong, W. F. / GENERAL CRYSTALLOGRAPHY: A BRIEF COMPENDIUM, San Francisco, 1959, cl, 290 pages, 231 figs., 41 tables, - 3 -, $ 18

Dewey, D., RAPID MINERAL IDENTIFICATION HANDBOOK, 2nd Edition, revised by Thomas, L. D. and D. E. Thomas, Lewiston, 1966, 6-ring binder, - 3 -, $ 20

Dietrich, R. V. / MINERAL TABLES: Hand Specimen Properties of 1500 Minerals, Blacksburgh, Bulletin of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Volume 59, # 3, 1966, 221 pages, - 5 -, $ 10

Dirac, P. A. M. / THE PRINCIPLES OF QUANTUM MECHANICS, 4^th Edition, Oxford, 1987, pb, 314 pages, - 4 -, $ 25

Dolbear, S. H., et.al. / INDUSTRIAL MINERALS AND ROCKS, AIME, New York, 1949, cl, 1156 pages, vg, $ 35

Donnay, J. D. H. And Nowacki, W. / CRYSTAL DATA: CLASSIFICATION OF SUBSTANCES BY SPACE GROUPS AND THEIR IDENTIFICATION FROM CELL DIMENSIONS, GSA M 60, New York, 1954, cl, 719 pages, - 2 -, $ 55

Donnay, J. D. H. And Nowacki, W. / CRYSTAL DATA: CLASSIFICATION OF SUBSTANCES BY SPACE GROUPS AND THEIR IDENTIFICATION FROM CELL DIMENSIONS, GSA M 60, New York, 1954, cl, 719 pages, - 3 -, $ 40

Dowdell, R. L., Jerabek, H. S., Forsyth, A. C., and Green, C. H. / GENERAL METALLOGRAPHY, New York, 1943, cl, 292 pages, - 4 -, $ 20

Drew, T. B. and Hoopes, J. W., Ed. / ADVANCES IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING, Volume 1, New York, 1956, cl, 448 pages, - 5 -, $ 20

Drew, T. B., Hoopes, J. W., Jr., and Vermeulen, T., Ed. / ADVANCES IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING, Volume 3, New York, 1962, cl, 345 pages, - 5 -, $ 20

Egleston, T. / A CATALOG OF MINERALS AND SYNONYMS, Rochester, 1988, pb, 3^rd Edition revised, from the original of 1892, 379 pages arranged in columns in the new edition, vg, $ 30

Ehlers, E. G. / OPTICAL MINERALOGY: Volume 1 - Theory and Techniques, Palo Alto, 1987, cl, 158 pages, - 3 -, $ 25

Ehlers, E. G. / OPTICAL MINERALOGY: Volume 2 - Mineral Descriptions, Palo Alto, 1987, cl, 286 pages, - 3 -, $ 45

Ehlers, E. G. / THE INTERPRETATION OF GEOLOGICAL PHASE DIAGRAMS, San Francisco, 1972, cl, 280 pages, - 2 -, $ 30

Emmons, R. C. / THE UNIVERSAL STAGE (with five axes of rotation), New York, 1964 reprint of a 1943 original, cl, Geological Society of America Memoir 8, - 3 -, $ 25

Erni, H. / MINERALOGY SIMPLIFIED: Easy Methods of Identifying Minerals, Including Ores, by means of the Blow-pipe, Flame Reactions, Humid Chemical Analysis, and by Physical Tests, Philadelphia, 1901, cl[2], 383 pages, gold leaf on page edges, $ 100

Ernst, W. G. / AMPHIBOLES, Berlin, 1968, cl, 125 pages, - 3 -, $ 30

Evans, R. C. / AN INTRODUCTION TO CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY, Cambridge, 1966, cl, 410 pages, - 3 -, $ 20

Ford, W. E. / DANA’S TEXTBOOK OF MINERALOGY with an Extended Treatise on Crystallography and Physical Mineralogy, 4^th Edition, Revised and Enlarged, New York, various years, cl, 851 pages, $ 20

Fyfe, W. S. / GEOCHEMISTRY OF SOLIDS: An Introduction, New York, 1964, 199 pages, cl, - 2 -, $ 25

Gautier, D. L., et. al. / RELATIONSHIP OF ORGANIC MATTER AND MINERAL RESOURCES, SEPM Short Course # 17, Tulsa, 1985, pb, 279 pages, - 1 -, $ 25

Gay, P. / THE CRYSTALLINE STATE: An Introduction, New York, 1972, cl, 348 pages, - 3 -, $ 24

Getman, F. H. / THE ELEMENTS OF BLOWPIPE ANALYSIS, Norwood, 1899, 89 pages, 7 figs., 6 tables, - 5 -, $ 28

Giacovazzo, C., Ed. / FUNDAMENTALS OF CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, IUCR Texts on Crystallography - 2 -, Oxford, 1992, pb, 654 pages, - 3 -, $ 75

Gottardi, G. and Galli, E. / NATURAL ZEOLITES, Berlin, 1985, cl, 409 pages, - 1 - , $ 95

Greenwood, H. J. / APPLICATION OF THERMODYNAMICS TO PETROLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS, Toronto, 1977, pb, 231 pages, Mineralogical Association of Canada Short Course Handbook, Volume 2, - 3 -, $ 30

Griffen, D. T. / SILICATE CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY, New York, 1992, cl, 442 pages, - 1 -, $ 140

Gribble, C. D. and Hall, A. J. / A PRACTICAL INTRODUCTION TO OPTICAL MINERALOGY, London,1985, pb, 249 pages, - 3 -, $ 25

Hagni, R. D., Ed. / PROCESS MINERALOGY II: Applications in Metallurgy, Ceramics, and Geology, Warrendale, 1982, cl, 503 pages, - 1 -, $ 60

Haken H. and Wolf, H. C. / THE PHYSICS OF ATOMS AND QUANTA, 3^rd Edition, Berlin, 1993, pb, 462 pages, - 2 -, $ 55

Harper, C. T., Ed. / GEOCHRONOLOGY: Radiometric Dating of Rocks and Minerals, Stroudsburg, 1973, cl, 469 pages, - 3 -, $ 35

Hausen, D. M. and Kopp, O. C. / MINERALOGY – APPLICATIONS TO THE MINERALS INDUSTRY, New York, 1985, pb, 285 pages, $ 20 [Published by SME and AIME from a Symposium held in 1985 in New York]

Heinrich, E. Wm. / MICROSCOPIC IDENTIFICATION OF MINERALS, New York, 1965, cl, 414 pages, - 3 -, $ 35

Heinrich, A. G. and Foscolos, A. E. / CONTRIBUTIONS TO X-RAY FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY, Ottawa, 1984, pb, Geological Survey of Canada Paper 83-27, - 3 -, $ 15

Henderson, G. S., et.al. Ed. / S3: SULFIDES, STRUCTURES, AND SYNCHROTRON LIGHT, A Symposium in honor of Michael E. I. Fleet held in St. Cartharines, Ontario in 2004, In: The Canadian Mineralogist, Volume 43, part 5, pages 1449 - 1804, 2005, - 2 -, $ 25 [Book contains 24 papers covering crystal structure analysis, mineralogy and geochemistry of platinum-group minerals and associated sulfides and oxides, to high-pressure mineralogy and spectroscopic methods such as electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy and assorted synchrontron based techniques]

Hey, M. H. / AN INDEX OF MINERAL SPECIES AND VARIETIES ARRANGED CHEMICALLY WITH AN ALPHABETICAL INDEX OF ACCEPTED MINERAL NAMES AND SYNONYMS, British Museum of Natural History Edition, London, 1950, cl, 609 pages, - 3 -, $ 55

Higson, G. /  THE PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF COPPER and a list of named minerals containing copper, 1954, $ 5

Hocleitner, R. / GU NATURFUHRER MINERALIEN UND KRISTALLE, Munchen, 1986, pb, 254 pages, entire book in German, beautiful color illustrations, - 1 -, $ 45

Holden, A. / THE NATURE OF SOLIDS, New York, 1965, pb, 241 pages, - 2 -, $ 25

Holmquist, R. J. / A MANUAL OF THE MINERAL SCIENCES, New York, 1964, cl, 219 pages, - 5 -, $ 20

Hurlbut, C. S. / DANA’S MANUAL OF MINERALOGY, 17^th Edtion, New York, 1959, cl, 609 pages, - 3 -, $ 28

Hurlbut, C. S., Jr. and Klein, C. / MANUAL OF MINERALOGY, 19th Edition, New York, 1977, cl, 532 pages, - 2 -, $ 45

Jackson, K. J. and Bourcier, W. L., Ed. / PROCEEDINGS OF THE WORKSHOP ON GEOCHEMICAL MODELING, Livermore, 1986, pb, 198 pages, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory CONF-8609134, - 3 -, $ 25

Jaffe, H. W. / INTRODUCTION TO CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY, Student Edition, New York, 1988, pb, 161 pages, - 3 -, $ 12

Jain, S. C. and Chadderton, L. T. / NONMETALLIC CRYSTALS, London, 1970, cl, 335 pages, - 3 -, $ 25

Jaswon, M.A. / AN INTRODUCTION TO MATHEMATICAL CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, New York, 1965, cl, 125 pages, - 3 -, $ 20

Joshua, S. J. / SYMMETRY PRINCIPLES AND MAGNETIC SYMMETRY IN SOLID STATE PHYSICS, Bristol, 1991, pb, 270 pages, Graduate Student Series in Physics, - 1 -, $ 25

Kerr, P. F. / OPTICAL MINERALOGY, 3rd Edition, New York, 1959, cl, 442 pages, - 3 -, $ 20

Kerr, P. F. / OPTICAL MINERALOGY, 4th Edition, New York, 1977, cl, 492 pages, - 3 -, $ 50

Kitaigoroskiy, A. I. / ORDER AND DISORDER IN THE WORLD OF ATOMS, New York, 1967, pb, 135 pages, Heidelbert Science Library Series, Volume 3, - 3 -, $ 20

Kleefisch, E. W. / INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS OF TITANIUM AND ZIRCONIUM, Philadelphia, 1981, cl, slight stain along bottom of pages, - 3 -, $ 20

Klein, C. / MINERALS AND ROCKS: Exercises in Crystallography, Mineralogy, and Hand Specimen Petrology, New York, 1989, pb, 402 pages, - 3 -, $ 40 [complete with punch-out models of crystal structures]

Klein, C. and Hurlbut, C. S., Jr. / MANUAL OF MINERALOGY, 20^th Edition, New York, 1985, cl, 596 pages, - 3 -, $ 60

Klein, C. and Hurlbut, C. S., Jr. / MANUAL OF MINERALOGY, 20^th Edition, New York, 1985, cl, 596 pages, - 1 -, $ 70

Klein, C. and Hurlbut, C. S., Jr. / MANUAL OF MINERALOGY, 21^st Revised Edition, New York, 1993, cl, 681 pages, - 3 -, $ 100 [previously owned with no wear or markings]

Klein, C. and Hurlbut, C. S., Jr. / MANUAL OF MINERALOGY, 21^st Revised Edition, New York, 1999, cl, 681 pages, with CD-ROM Version 2.0 (unopened),  - 1 -, $ 160

Kraus, E. H., Hunt, W. F., and Ramsdell, L. S. / MINERALOGY: An Introduction to the Study of Minerals and Crystals, 2nd Edition, New York, 1928, cl, 604 pages, - 4 -, these books have slight damage, either writing in text or small page tears, $ 10

Kraus, E. H., Hunt, W. F., and Ramsdell, L. S. / MINERALOGY: An Introduction to the Study of Minerals and Crystals, 2^nd Edition, New York, 1928, cl, 604 pages, - 3 -, $ 25

Kraus, E. H., Hunt, W. F., and Ramsdell, L. S. / MINERALOGY: An Introduction to the Study of Minerals and Crystals, 3^rd Edition, New York, 1936, cl, 638 pages, - 2 -, $ 35

Kraus, E. H., Hunt, W. F., and Ramsdell, L. S. / MINERALOGY: An Introduction to the Study of Minerals and Crystals, 4th Edition, New York, 1951, cl, 664 pages, - 4 -, $ 20

Krauskopf, K. B. / INTRODUCTION TO GEOCHEMISTRY, 1st Edition, New York, 1967, cl, 721 pages, - 3 -, $ 18

Krauskopf, K. B. / INTRODUCTION TO GEOCHEMISTRY, 2nd Edition, New York, 1967, cl, 721 pages, - 3 -, $ 26

Krauskopf, K. B. / INTRODUCTION TO GEOCHEMISTRY, 3^rd Edition, New York, 1995, cl, 647 pages, - 1 -, $ 119

Labzowsky, I., Klimchitskaya, G., and Dmitriev, Y. / RELATIVISTIC EFFECTS IN THE SPECTRA OF ATOMIC SYSTEMS, Bristol, 1993, cl, 340 pages, - 1 -, $ 25

Ladoo, R. B. / NONMETALLIC MINERALS: Occurrence, Preparation, Utilization, New York, 1925, cl, 686 pages, - 3 -, $ 28

Ladoo, R. B. and Myers, W. M. / NONMETALLIC MINERALS, 2nd Edition, New York, 1951, cl, 605 pages, - 3 -, $ 20

Landauer, J. / BLOWPIPE ANALYSIS, 2^nd Edition, 1892, New York, cl, 173 pages, - 3 -, $ 65

Laudise, R. A. / THE GROWTH OF SINGLE CRYSTALS, Englewood Cliffs, 1970, cl, 352 pages, - 3 -, $ 28

Ledermann, W. / INTRODUCTION TO GROUP THEORY, New York, 1973, pb, - 3 -, $ 10

Luquer, L. M. / MINERALS IN ROCK SECTIONS: The Practical Methods of Identifying Minerals in Rock Sections with the Microscope, New York, 1905, cl, 147 pages, notes written on back end-plate, ovg, - 3 -, $ 25

Luquer, L. M. / MINERALS IN ROCK SECTIONS: The Practical Methods of Identifying Minerals in Rock Sections with the Microscope especially arranged for students in technical and scientific schools, 4^th Edition Revised, New York, 1925, cl, 153 pages, book in excellent condition, - 3 -, $ 35

MaKenzie, W. S. and Adams, A. E. / A COLOUR ATLAS OF ROCKS AND MINERALS IN THIN SECTION, London, various years from 1984 to 1994, pb, 192 pages, - 1 -, $ 75

MacKenzie, W. S. and Guilford, C. / ATLAS OF ROCK-FORMING MINERALS IN THIN SECTION, New York, 1980, pb, 98 pages, - 1 -, retail $ 99, our price, $ 55

MacKenzie, W. S. and Guilford, C. / ATLAS OF ROCK-FORMING MINERALS IN THIN SECTION, New York, 1980, pb, 98 pages, - 3 -, $ 35

MacKenzie, W. S. and Guilford, C. / ATLAS OF ROCK-FORMING MINERALS IN THIN SECTION, New York, 1980, pb, 98 pages, - 5 -, $ 25

Mason, B. and Berry, L. G. / ELEMENTS OF MINERALOGY, San Francisco, 2968, cl, 550 pages, - 3 -, $ 25

Mason, B. / PRINCIPLES OF GEOCHEMISTRY, 2^nd Edition, London, 1952 or 1960, cl, 310 pages, - 3 -, $ 20

Mason, B. / PRINCIPLES OF GEOCHEMISTRY, 2^nd Edition, London, 1958, cl, 310 pages, - 5 -, $ 15

Mason, B. / PRINCIPLES OF GEOCHEMISTRY, 3^rd Edition, 1966, 329 pages, - 3 -, $ 30

Mason, B. and Moore, C. B. / PRINCIPLES OF GEOCHEMISTRY, 4th Edition, New York, 1982, cl, 344 pages, - 3 -, $ 45

Morgan, B. A. / 50^th ANNIVERSARY SYMPOSIA: MINERALOGY AND PETROLOGY OF THE UPPER MANTLE SULFIDES; MINERALOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF NON-MARINE EVAPORITES, Menasha, 1970, cl, Mineralogical Society of America Special Paper # 3, - 3 -, 319 pages, $ 30 

Morrison, C. A. / CRYSTAL FIELDS FOR TRANSITION-METAL IONS IN LASER HOST MATERIALS, Berlin, 1992, cl, 190 pages, -1 -, $ 85

Moses, A. J. and Parsons, C. L. / ELEMENTS OF MINERALOGY, CRYSTALLOGRAPHY AND BLOWPIPE ANALYSIS from a Practical Standpoint including a description of all common or useful minerals, the tests necessary for their identification, the recognition and measurement of their crystals, and a concise statement of their uses in the arts, New York, 1909, cl, 444 pages, - 3 -, $ 45

Mungall, J. E. and Meurer, W. P., Ed. / PLATINUM-GROUP ELEMENTS: PETROLOGY, GEOCHEMISTRY, MINERALOGY, In: Canadian Mineralogist, Volume 42, part 2, 2004, pb, pages 241 - 694, - 2 -, $ 25 [Contains 29 research papers about the petrology, geochemistry, or mineralogy of deposits of the platinum group elements (PGE); most of these papers were presented at the 9th International Platinum Symposium held in Billings, Montana, in 2002]

Nabarro, F. R. N. / THEORY OF CRYSTAL DISLOCATIONS, New York, 1967, pb, 821 pages, - 2 -, $ 45

Nakamoto, K. / INFRARED AND RAMAN SPECTRA OF INORGANIC AND COORDINATION COMPOUNDS, 4^th Edition, New York, 1986, cl, 484 pages, slight crease in edge of front cover, ovg, - 3 -, $ 35

Neese, W. D. / INTRODUCTION TO OPTICAL MINERALOGY, 1^st Edition, New York, 1986, cl, 325 pages, - 3 -, $ 30

Neese, W. D. / INTRODUCTION TO OPTICAL MINERALOGY, 2^nd Edition, New York, 1991, cl, 335 pages, - 1 -, $ 60

Newkirk, J. B. and Wernick, J. H., Ed. / DIRECT OBSERVATION OF IMPERFECTIONS IN CRYSTALS, Proceedings of a Technical Conference held in St. Louis in 1961, New York, 1962, cl, 627 pages, 425 figs., 16 tables, - 3 -, $ 45

Nickel, E. H. and Nichols, M. C. / MINERAL REFERENCE MANUAL, New York, 1991, pb, 250 pages, - 5 -, $ 15

Nickel, E. H. and Nichols, M. C. / MINERAL REFERENCE MANUAL, New York, 1991, pb, 250 pages, - 3 -, $ 20

Nickel, E. H. and Nichols, M. C. / MINERAL REFERENCE MANUAL, New York, 1991, pb, 250 pages, - 1 -, $ 25

Nordstrom, D. K. and Munoz, J. L. / GEOCHEMICAL THERMODYNAMICS, Menlo Park, 1985, cl, 477 pages, - 3 -, $ 30

Palache, C., et.al. / THE SYSTEM OF MINERALOGY of James D. Dana and E. S. Dana, Yale University, 1837-1892, New York, - 3 -, 7^th Edition Series:

Volume 1, Elements, Sulfides, Sulfosalts, Oxides, $ 60 for a very clean copy <or> $40 with slight wear

Volume 2, Halides, Nitrates, Borates, Carbonates, Sulfates, Phosphates, Arsenates, Tungstates, Molybdates, $ 60 for a very  clean copy <or> $40 with slight wear

Volume 3, Silica Minerals, $ 40

Pauling, L. and Hayward, R. / THE ARCHITECTURE OF MOLECULES, San Francisco, 1964, pb, 54 - two page molecule structures presented, - 3 -, $ 10

Perkins, D. / MINERALOGY, Upper Saddle River, 1998, cl, 484 pages, - 2 -, $ 50

Perkins, D. and Henke, K. R. / MINERALS IN THIN SECTION, Upper Saddle River, 2000, spiral bound, 125 pages, - 3 -, $ 25

Petruk, W. / SHORT COURSE HANDBOOK # 16, IMAGE ANALYSIS IN EARTH SCIENCES, Ottawa, 1989, pb, MINERALOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF CANADA on Image Analysis Applied to Mineral And Earth Sciences, 156 pages, - 3 -, $ 15

Phillips, Wm. R. and Griffen, D. T. / MINERAL OPTICS, San Francisco, 1971, cl, 249 pages, - 3 -, $ 15

Phillips, Wm. R. and Griffen, D. T. / OPTICAL MINERALOGY: The Nonopaque Minerals, San Francisco, 1981, cl, 677 pages, - 3 -, $ 40

Phillips, F. C. / AN INTRODUCTION TO CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, 3rd Edition, New York, 1963, cl, 340 pages, - 3 -, $ 28

Putnis, A. and McConnell, J. D. C. / PRINCIPLES OF MINERAL BEHAVIOUR, Geoscience Texts Volume 1, New York, 1980, pb, 257 pages, - 3 -, $ 29

Putnis, A. / INTRODUCTION TO MINERAL SCIENCES, Cambridge, 1992, pb, 457 pages, - 3 -, $ 50

Rankama, K. and Sahama, Th. G. / GEOCHEMISTRY, Chicago, 1950, cl, 912 pages, - 3 -, $ 30

Rankama, K. and Sahama, Th. G. / GEOCHEMISTRY, Chicago, 1950, cl[2], 912 pages, - 3 -, $ 65

Read, W. T. / DISLOCATIONS IN CRYSTALS, New York, 1953, cl, 228 pages, - 3 -, $ 45

Rogers, A. F. / INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF MINERALS, A Combined Text-Book and Pocket Manual, 2^nd Edition, New York, 1921 or 1928, cl, 527 pages, - 3 -, $ 24

Rogers, A. F. / INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF MINERALS with a section on microchemical analysis, 3rd Edition, New York, 1937, cl, 626 pages, 729 figs., - 3 -, $ 24

Rogers, A. F. and Kerr, P. F. / THIN-SECTION MINERALOGY, 1^st Edition, New York, 1933, cl, 311 pages, - 3 -, $ 25

Rogers, A. F. and Kerr, P. F. / OPTICAL MINERALOGY, 2^nd Edition, formerly published as Thin-section Mineralogy, New York, 1942, cl, 390 pages, - 3 -, $ 25

Salisbury, J. W., et. al. / INFRARED (2.1 - 25 um) SPECTRA OF MINERALS, Baltimore, 1991, cl, 267 pages, CD in pocket, - 3 -, $ 75

Schock, R. N., Ed. / POINT DEFECTS IN MINERALS, Washington, D. C., 1985, cl, 232 pages, AGU, Geophysical Monograph 31, - 3 -, $ 30

Smith, J. V. / FELDSPAR MINERALS, VOLUME 2: CHEMICAL AND TEXTURAL PROPERTIES, Berlin, 1974, cl, 690 pages, - 3 -, $ 100

Smith, J. V. / GEOMETRICAL AND STRUCTURAL CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, New York, 1982, cl, 450 pages, - 3 -, $ 30

Spencer, R. J. and Chou, I-M., Ed. / FLUID-MINERAL INTERACTIONS: A TRIBUTE TO H. P. EUGSTER, San Antonio, 1990, 432 pages, The Geochemical Society Special Publication # 2, - 3 -, $ 40

Spoerri, P. E., Weinberger, H., Ginell, R. / PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS with Semimicro Laboratory Technique, New York, 1942, cl, 282 pages, - 3 -, $ 15

Spry, P. G. and Gedlinske, B. L. / TABLES FOR THE DETERMINATION OF COMMON OPAQUE MINERALS, New Haven, 1987, pb, 52 pages, - 3 -, $ 15

Stevens, K. W. H. / MAGNETIC IONS IN CRYSTALS, Princeton, 1997, cl, 253 pages, - 1 -, $ 90

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