MS Book and Mineral Company
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Mailing Address: MS Book and Mineral Company, P.O. Box 6774, Lake Charles, Louisiana, 70606 USA
Office Contact information
Our only contact phone now is: (337) 292 - 6154
I prefer email orders.
I am usually available on weekends also. When I leave town I will post it on the home page.
Business e-mail: msbooks@booksgeology.com
Use this email address above to contact me or to place an order.
Include any questions or concerns you have with your order.
Additional ordering details are given below.
I normally reply to orders, questions, or inquiries within 24 hours (unless I am away from the office).
Many items are one-of-a-kind and are sold on a first come, first serve basis.
Most everything is sold with a healthy discount. Check out the sale page for details.
All orders are shipped promptly, usually within 24 hours to locations everywhere.
If you are a repeat customer, please let me know of any changes to your shipping address, etc.
No catalog is ever perfectly accurate because inventory is changing as items are being sold.
Payment Information
We accept all of the following1. PayPal
2. American Express, Master Card, Visa, or Discover Card
3. Personal check drawn on a U.S. Bank (This will delay shipment of your order)
When ordering books, minerals, rocks, geological maps, historical maps, folios, or ore samples:
Send an e-mail with as much information as possible
1) title of books, name of minerals or ore samples; include any specific code numbers
2) size (if applicable)
3) price of that item
4) indicate the color preferred (if there is a choice).
When ordering fossil specimens:
Send an e-mail listing the specimen by:
1) name of specimen
2) code number
3) price for the specimen.
Orders
Most orders are shipped the same day the order is placed when using a credit card or PayPal.
MS Book and Mineral Company is named after me, its founder and owner,
Mel
Schmidt.
If you have a source of high-grade minerals or ore samples please contact me.
While visiting this website, if you find a link that does not work, please let me know.
Red
Mountain 2, San Juan Mountains, SW Colorado, USA
My personal research interest is the mining history of the Western
United States.
If you have a similar interest or if you have pictures, mine records, data, or letters concerning any of the mines in the Western U.S.
and are willing
to share that information, I would like
to hear from you.
Please send me an e-mail or, better yet, give me a
phone call.
Abbreviations used on this website
cl = cloth (regular hardback)
cl[2] = cloth (fine hardback version)
cl[3] = cloth (exceptionally fine hardback version with elevated ribbing on spines of books and publications, extra gold leaf, etc.)
pb = paperback
vg = very good condition
o
op = out of printovg = otherwise very good
USGS = United States Geological Survey
PP = Professional Paper
B = Bulletin
C = Circular
IC = Information Circular
RI = Report of Investigation
OFR = Open File Report
USBM = United States Bureau of Mines
USPS = United States Postal Service
GPO = Government Printing Office
NASA = National Aeronautics and Space Administration
AIME = American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers
SEG = Society of Economic Geology
SEG2 = Society of Exploration Geophysics
AAPG = American Association of Petroleum Geologists
SME = Society of Mining Engineers
SEPM = Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists
AGU = American Geophysical Union
GSA = Geological Society of America
E&MJ = Engineering and Mining Journal
AIMM = Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
IAEA = International Atomic Energy Agency
AIG = Australian Institute of Geoscientists
AMF = Australian Mineral Foundation, Inc.
ME = Mining Engineering
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==========================================================================================================================================- 1 - An absolutely clean book; in mint condition; book was received directly from the publisher
- 2 - Clean book with no markings, folds, chips, stamps, but may show slight wear
- 3 - Used book which shows slight wear or has one stamping, signature, or other slight markings
- 4 - Used book has more wear, several stamps, marks, signatures, or some underlining
- 5 - An x-library book which may contain library stamps, scars from removal of card pockets, etc.
I am now changing to the standard practice of new or used.
We do not stock books in poor quality or bad condition.
Normal wear should be expected for used books.
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