Miscellaneous Rock, Gem, and Mineral Books

Amlich, B. H. / GETTING STARTED IN MINERAL COLLECTING, New York, 1972, pb, 94 pages, - 3 -, $ 10

Anderson, B. W. / GEMSTONES FOR EVERYMAN, New York, 1976, cl, 368 pages, - 3 -, $ 30

Austin, A. C., et.al. / THE STORY OF DIAMONDS, Los Angeles, 3rd Edition, 1946, cl, 101 pages, - 3 -, $ 26

Ball, S. H. / ROMAN BOOK ON PRECIOUS STONES, Los Angeles, 1950, cl, 338 pages, - 3 -, $ 55

Barnes, F. A. / CANYON COUNTRY GEOLOGY for the Layman and the Rockhound, Salt Lake City, 1978, pb, 160 pages, - 3 -, $ 15

Bauer, J. / A FIELD GUIDE IN COLOUR TO MINERALS, ROCKS, AND PRECIOUS STONES, Prague, 1974, cl, 208 pages, - 3 -, $ 25

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

Boegel, H., Ed. / THE STUDIO HANDBOOK OF MINERALS: A Guide to Gem and Mineral Collecting, New York, 1972, cl, 304 pages, - 3 -, $ 10

Boltin, L. and White, J. S., Jr. / COLOR UNDER GROUND: The Mineral Picture Book, New York, 1971, cl, 62 pages, - 3 -, $ 15

British Museum of Natural History / GEMSTONES, Sterling Publishing Co., New York, 1988, pb, 59 pages, $10

Bruton, E. / DIAMONDS, Radnor, 1970, cl, 372 pages, - 3 -, $ 45

Busbey, A. B. III, et. al. / ROCKS AND FOSSILS, The Nature Company Guides, Sydney, 1996, cl, 288 pages, - 3 -, $ 25

Chesterman, C. W. / THE AUDUBON SOCIETY FIELD GUIDE TO NORTH AMERICAN ROCKS AND MINERALS, New York, 1978, plastic cover, 850 pages, - 2 -, $ 15

Court, A. and Campbell, I. / MINERALS: Nature’s Fabulous Jewels, New York, 1974, cl, 318 pages, - 3 -, $ 90

De Michele, V. / COLOR TREASURY OF CRYSTALS, Novara, 1972, cl, 80 pages, - 3 -, $ 20

De Michele, V. / CRYSTALS: Symmetry in the Mineral Kingdom, Novara, 1967, cl, 64 pages, $ 10

De Michele, V. / THE WORLD OF MINERALS, London, 1972, cl, 128 pages, - 2 -, $ 38 [slight wear to dust cover]

De Michele, V. / THE WORLD OF MINERALS, London, 1972, cl, 128 pages, - 3 -, $ 25

Desautels, P. E. / ROCKS AND MINERALS, Collectors Series, New York, 1974, cl, 159 pages, - 5 -, $ 8

Desautels, P. E. / GEMS IN THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, Washington, D.C., 1965, pb, 74 pages, - 3 -, $ 15

Desautels, P. E. / THE GEM KINGDOM, New York, year not given, cl, 252 pages, - 3 -, $ 60

Dietrich, R. V. / STONES: THEIR COLLECTION, IDENTIFICATION, AND USES, San Francisco, 1980, cl, 145 pages, - 3 -, $ 20

Dietrich, R. V. / STONES: THEIR COLLECTION, IDENTIFICATION, AND USES, San Francisco, 1980, cl, 145 pages, - 5 -, $ 10

Dietrich, R. V. and Skinner, B. J. / GEMS, GRANITES, AND GRAVELS: Knowing and Using Rocks and Minerals, Cambridge, 1990, cl, 173 pages, - 1 -, $ 45

Dinwiddle, D. and MacFall, R. P. / POPULAR MECHANICS COMPLETE BOOK OF ROCKS, MINERALS, GEMS, FOSSILS: Collecting, Identifying, Shaping, Displaying, Evaluating, Polishing, New York, 1978, cl, 206 pages, - 3 -, $ 25

Downing, P. B. / OPAL ADVENTURES, Tallahassee, 1990, pb, 234 pages, - 1 -, $ 25

Dragsted, O. / GEMS AND JEWELRY IN COLOR, New York, 1975, cl, 232 pages, - 3 -, $ 15

Embrey, P. G. and Symes, R. F. / MINERALS OF CORNWALL AND DEVON, Tucson, 1987, cl, 154 pages, - 1 -, $ 55

Erikson, J. / AN INTRODUCTION TO FOSSILS AND MINERALS: Seeking Clues to the Earth's Past, The Changing Earth Series, New York, 1992, cl, 184 pages, - 5 -, $ 10

Evans, I. O. / ROCKS, MINERALS, AND GEMSTONES, London, 1972, cl, 128 pages, - 3 -, $ 28

Eyles, W. C. / THE BOOK OF OPALS, Rutland, 1964, cl, 224 pages plus index, - 3 -, $ 30

Fairbanks, H. W. / STORIES OF ROCKS AND MINERALS FOR THE GRAMMAR GRADES, Boston, 1903, cl, 236 pages, - 3 -, $ 25

Fenton, C. L. and Fenton, M. A. / THE ROCK BOOK, Garden City, 1940, cl, 357 pages, - 5 -, $ 20

Fisher, P. J. / THE SCIENCE OF GEMS, New York, 1966, cl, 189 pages, - 3 -, $ 20

Gilman, E. C. / NEW IMPROVED METHODS, TUMBLING GEM STONES, Hellertown, 1971, pb, 52 pages plus a blank tumbling log, - 3 -, $ 10

Guastoni, A. and Appiani, R. / MINERALS, A Firefly Guide, New York, pb, 256 pages, -2 -, $ 20

Hamilton, W. R., Woolley, A. R., and Bishop, A. C. / THE LAROUSSE GUIDE TO MINERALS, ROCKS AND FOSSILS, New York, 1982, cl, 320 pages, - 5 -, $ 20

Hammons, L. / SOUTHWESTERN TURQUOISE: The Indians’ Sky Stone, Glendale, 1973, pb, 24 pages, - 3 -, $ 20

Hurlbut, C. S., Jr. / MINERALS AND MAN, New York, 1969, cl, 304 pages, - 3 -, $ 75

Jackson, J. A. / GEMSTONES; Treasures from the Earth’s Crust, Hillside, 1989, cl, 104 pages, - 5 -, $ 15

Kalokerinos, A. / AUSTRALIAN PRECIOUS OPAL, Melbourne, 1976, cl, 51 pages, - 2 -, $ 55

Kirdaldy, J. F. / MINERALS AND ROCKS IN COLOR (Hippocrene Color Guide), New York, 1963, cl, 184 pages, - 3 -, $ 15

Kraus, E. H. and Holden, E. F. / GEMS AND GEM MATERIALS, 2^nd Edition, New York, 1931, cl, 260 pages, - 3 -, $ 28

Kraus, E. H. and Slawson, C. B. / GEMS AND GEM MATERIALS, 3^rd Edition, New York, 1939, cl, 287 pages, - 3 -, $ 32

Kraus, E. H. and Slawson, C. B. / GEMS AND GEM MATERIALS, 5^th Edition, New York, 1947, cl, 332 pages, - 3 -, $ 35

Logie, H. J. / DIAMONDS, Reprint from the Smithsonian Report for 1960, pages 357 - 383, Washington, D. C., 1961, pb, - 3 -, $ 10

Liddicoat, R. T., Jr. / HANDBOOK OF GEM IDENTIFICATION, Los Angeles, 1975, cl, 440 pages, - 2 -, $ 60

Loomis, F. B. / FIELD BOOK OF COMMON ROCKS AND MINERALS, for identifying the rocks and minerals of the United States and interpreting their origins and meanings, New York, 1929, cl, 277 pages, - 3 -, $ 20 [contains 47 colored specimens and 100 illustrations]

Lucas, R., Ed. / THE ILLUSTRATED ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MINERALS AND ROCKS, London, cl, 351 pages, a few inks marks in text, ovg, $ 28

Ludal, L. / HOW TO CUT A DIAMOND, Las Vegas, 1985, cl, 250 pages, - 3 -, $ 40

Lyman, K. / SIMON AND SHUSTER’S GUIDE TO GEMS AND PRECIOUS STONES, New York, 1986, pb, 384 pages, - 2 - or - 3 -, $ 10

MacFall, R. P. / GEM HUNTER’S GUIDE, 1st Edition, New York, 1980, cl, 323 pages, - 2 -, $ 15

MacFall, R. P. / GEM HUNTER’S GUIDE, 1st Edition, New York, 1980, cl, 247 pages, - 5 -, $ 10

MacFall, R. P. / ROCK HUNTER’S GUIDE, 1st Edition, New York, 1980, cl, 247 pages, - 5 -, $ 10

Maillard, R., Ed. / DIAMONDS: MYTH, MAGIC, AND REALITY, New York, 1980, cl, 287 pages, - 3 -, $ 90

Matlins, A. L. and Bonanno, A. C. / GEM IDENTIFICATION MADE EASY; A Hands-on Guide to More Confident Buying and Selling, South Woodstock, 1989, cl, 270 pages, - 5 -, $ 14

Medenbach, O. and Wilk, H. / THE MAGIC OF MINERALS, Berlin, 1977, cl, 204 pages, - 1 -, $ 195, on sale for a limited time, $ 175

Mercer, I. A. / CRYSTALS, Cambridge, 1990, pb, 60 pages, - 2 -, $ 10

Metz, R. / GEMS AND MINERALS IN COLOR, Hippocrene Color Guides, London, 1973, cl, 255 pages, - 3 -, $ 15

Mitchell, R. S. / MINERAL NAMES, WHAT DO THEY MEAN?, New York, 1979, cl, 229 pages, - 5 -, $ 26

Myatt, B. / AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND GEMSTONES, Sydney, 1972, cl, 511 pages, - 3 -, $ 65

Nickel, E. H. And Nichols, M. C. / MINERAL REFERENCE MANUAL, New York, 1991, pb, 250 pages, - 5 -, $ 10

O’Donoghue, M., Ed. / THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MINERALS AND GEMSTONES: A Complete Reference Work on Collecting and Fashioning Minerals, London, 1976, cl, 304 pages, small repairs to dust cover, - 3 -, $ 40

O’Donoghue, M. / AN ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO ROCKS AND MINERALS, New York, 1993, cl, 192 pages, - 5 -, $ 25

O’Neil, P. / GEMSTONES (Planet Earth Series), Alexandria, 1983, cl, 176 pages, - 2 -, $ 15

Pearl, R. M. / HOW TO KNOW THE MINERALS AND ROCKS, New York, 1955, pb, 192 pages, - 3 -, $ 15

Pearl, R. M. / SUCCESSFUL MINERAL COLLECTING AND PROSPECTING, New York, 1961, cl, 164 pages, - 3 -, $ 30

Pearl, R. M. / GEMS, MINERALS, CRYSTALS, AND ORES: The Collector’s Encyclopedia, New York, 1964, cl, 320 pages, - 3 -, numerous pencil marks in text, ovg, $ 40

Pellant, C. / ROCKS AND MINERALS, Rocks and Minerals, The Visual Guide to more than 500 Rocks and Minerals from around the World, Eyewitness Handbook Series, New York, 1992, cl, 256 pages, - 5 -, $ 20

Pellant, C. and Phillips, R. / ROCKS, MINERALS AND FOSSILS OF THE WORLD, Boston, 1990, 175 pages, excellent color photos, - 5 - or - 3 -, $ 15

Pellant, C. and Phillips, R. / ROCKS, MINERALS AND FOSSILS OF THE WORLD, Boston, 1990, 175 pages, excellent color photos, pb, - 2 -, $ 20

Perry, N. and Perry, R. / AUSTRALIAN GEMSTONES IN COLOUR, Sydney, 1968, cl, 122 pages, - 3 -, $ 25

Perry, N. and Perry, R. / AUSTRALIAN OPALS IN COLOUR, Sydney, 1973, cl, 112 pages, - 3 -, $ 25

Pogue, J. E. / TURQUOISE, Memoirs of the National Academy of Science, Glorieta, 1973, 5th printing, 162 pages, 22 plates, - 3 -, $ 45

Pough, F. H. / A FIELD GUIDE TO ROCKS AND MINERALS, 1^st Edition, Peterson Field Guide Series, Boston, 1953, cl, 333 pages, $ 20

Pough, F. H. / A FIELD GUIDE TO ROCKS AND MINERALS, Peterson Field Guide Series, Boston, various years, pb, 347 pages, - 3 -, $ 10

Prinz, M., Harlow, G., and Peters, J. / SIMON AND SCHUSTER’S GUIDE TO ROCKS AND MINERALS, New York, 1978, pb, 607 pages, - 2 -, $ 15

Reinfeld, F. / ROCKS AND MINERALS: TREASURES OF THE EARTH, New York, 1966, cl, 156 pages, - 3 -, $ 24

Rice, P. C. / AMBER: THE GOLDEN GEM OF THE AGES, New York, 1980, cl, 289 pages, - 3 -, $ 25

Roberts, W. L., Rapp, G. R., and Weber, J. / ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MINERALS, 1st Edition, New York, 1974, cl, 693 pages, - 3 -, $ 200

Robinson, G. W. / MINERALS: An Illustrated Exploration of the Dynamic World of Minerals and Their Properties, New York, 1994, cl, 208 pages, - 3 -, $ 35

Rogers, C. / ROCKS & MINERALS, London, 1973, cl, 144 pages, contains 200 photographs including 40 in color, - 3 -, $ 15

Root, F. K. / MINERALS AND ROCKS OF WYOMING, WGS B 56, Laramie, 1972, pb, 56 pages, - 3 -, $ 5

Rutland, E. H. / AN INTRODUCTION TO THE WORLD’S GEMSTONES, Garden City, 1974, 192 pages, cl, - 3 -, $ 25

Rygle, K. J. and Pedersen, S. F. / NORTHWEST TREASURE HUNTER’S GEM AND MINERAL GUIDE, Woodstock, 1999, pb, 157 pages, - 1 -, $ 15

Schumann, W. / STONES AND MINERALS, Sterling Publishing Co., New York, 1974, cl, 225 pages, - 5 -, $ 10

Schumann, W. / GEMSTONES OF THE WORLD, Sterling Publishing Co., New York, 1977, cl, 256 pages, - 5 -, $ 20, or one copy free when you purchase four other books from this page, while current supply lasts

Schumann, W. / MINERALS OF THE WORLD, New York, 1992, cl, 224 pages, - 5 -, $ 10, or one copy free when you purchase three other books from this page, while current supply lasts

Schumann, W. / HANDBOOK OF ROCKS, MINERALS, & GEMSTONES, Boston, 1993, pb, 380 pages, - 5 -, $ 8

Scovil, J. / PHOTOGRAPHING MINERALS, FOSSILS, AND LAPIDARY MATERIALS, Tucson, 1996, cl, 224 pages, - 1 -, $ 75

Shaub, B. M. / TREASURES FROM THE EARTH: The World of Rocks and Minerals, New York, 1975, cl, 223 pages, - 3 -, $ 30

Simpson, B. / MINERALS AND ROCKS, Oxford, 1966, cl, 302 pages, - 3 -, $ 25

Simpson, B. / MINERALS AND ROCKS, New York, 1974, cl, 128 pages, slight wear on dust cover, ovg, loaded with fine color plates, $ 20

Sinkankas, J. / GEM CUTTING: A Lapidary’s Manual, 1st Edition, Princeton, 1958, cl, 413 pages, - 3 -, $ 45

Sinkankas, J. / GEM CUTTING: A Lapidary’s Manual, 2^nd Edition, Princeton, 1962, cl, 297 pages, - 3 -, $ 45

Sinkankas, J. / GEMSTONES OF NORTH AMERICA in two volumes, Princeton, 1959, cl, 675 pages, - 3 -, $ 75

Sinkankas, J. GEMSTONES OF NORTH AMERICA , Volume II, New York, 1976, cl, 494 pages, - 3 -, $ 50

Sinkankas, J. / VAN NOSTRAND’S STANDARD CATALOG OF GEMS, New York, 1968, cl, 286 pages, - 5 -, $ 20

Sinkankas, J. / GEMSTONES AND MINERALS: How and Where to Find Them, Princeton, 1961, cl, 387 pages, - 3 -, $ 25

Sinotte, S. R. / THE FABULOUS KEOKUK GEODES, VOLUME 1: Their Origin, Formation and Development in the Mississippian Lower Warsaw Beds of Southeast Iowa and Adjacent States, Des Moines, 1969, cl, 292 pages, - 3 -, $ 250 [this is not the reprint edition; this is an original volume in fine condition; one plate bound in; has dust cover with only slight wear]

Sofianides, A. S. and Harlow, G. E. / GEMS & CRYSTALS FROM THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, New York, 1990, cl, 208 pages, - 5 -, $ 20

Sperisen, F. J. / THE ART OF THE LAPIDARY, Milwaukee, 1950, cl, 382 pages, - 3 -, $ 40

Strong, M. F. / DESERT GEM TRAILS, Revised 2nd Edition, Mentone, 1971, pb, 80 pages, - 3 -, $ 5

Tanner, H., Ed. / ROCKS, GEMS AND MINERALS EXCLUSIVE: New Mineral Locations, Los Angeles, 1970, pb, 97 pages, - 3 -, $ 10

Techer, D. / STEREOGRAM BOOK OF ROCKS, MINERALS, AND GEMS, Northbrook, 1970, pb, 64 pages, includes stereoscope, - 3 -, $ 20

Vanders, I. and Kerr, P. F. / MINERAL RECOGNITION, New York, 1967, cl, 316 pages, - 3 -, $ 35

Vanesse, T. C. / A STUDY OF LAKE SUPERIOR AGATE, Part 1, in the Earth Science, Volume 11, # 1, 1947, pb, pages 9 - 17, and part 2, in the Earth Science, 1947, Volume 11, # 2, 1947, pages 9 - 14 and 25 - 26, - 3 -, $ 40

Voynick, S. M. / COLORADO ROCKHOUNDING: A Guide to Minerals, Gemstones, and Fossils, Missoula, 1994, pb, 372 pages, - 1 -, $ 20

Wade, F. B. / A TEXTBOOK OF PRECIOUS STONES FOR JEWELERS AND THE GEM-LOVING PUBLIC, New York, 1936, cl, 318 pages, - 2 -, $ 35

Walter, M. / GEMSTONE CARVING, Radnor, 1977, pb, 157 pages, - 3 -, $ 10

Walter, M. / GEM CUTTING IS EASY: A BEGINNER’S COURSE IN CUTTING AND POLISHING CABOCHONS AND FACETED STONES, New York, 1972, pb, - 3 -, $ 10

Wilson, W. E. and Bartsch, J. A. / MINERALS OF THE HOUSTON MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCE, 1992, pb, published as a insert in the Mineralogical Record, Volume 23, # 1, - 1 -, one copy free when you place any order, while supplies last, some of these photographs are suitable for framing

Weinstein, M. / THE WORLD OF JEWEL STONES, New York, 1958, cl, 430 pages, - 3 -, $ 65 [illustrated with color (some hand-drawn) and black and white plates]

Wilson, W. E., Bartsch, J. A., and Mauthner, M. / MASTERPIECES OF THE MINERAL WORLD, from Treasures from the Houston Museum of Natural Science, Houston, 2004, cl, 263 pages, - 1 -, $ 75   [Contents: Introduction; The Discerning Eye (What Makes a Mineral Collectible?); 161 plates of minerals with descriptions, when collected, etc., Paths of Discovery (Mine to Museum) which gives details on the mine or mining location where the minerals illustrated in the text were found with dates and additional historical information is given; A Royal Passion (History of Aristocratic Mineral Collecting from the 16th to the 20th Centuries); Selected Bibliography and Photographic Credits]

Wooding, R. R. / DIAMOND SETTING: THE PROFESSIONAL APPROACH, BEAD SETTING DIAMONDS WITH PAVE APPLICATIONS, CHANNEL SETTING DIAMONDS WITH ILLUSTRATED PROCEDURES, Erlanger, 1984, 1985, 1987, cl, 178 pages, 192 pages, 136 pages, respectively, - 1 -, $ 100 for all 3 books