Rocks, minerals and fossils: general interest

Updated 6th edition with new sites & museums!

This book contains classic material dating back to the 1900s and before.

Rocks, Gems, and Minerals is a field guide to more than 100 of the most common and sought-after rocks, gems, and minerals hidden throughout North America.

Chromium: Its Physicochemical Behavior and Petrologic Significance is a collection of papers presented at an interdisciplinary conference on the physicochemical behavior and petrologic significance of chromium, held at the Geophysical Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution of Washington on January 7-8, 1974.

A practical manual for the student of palaeontology, giving a grounding in theory, in addition to teaching graphical skills needed to make clear, representative and pleasing drawings of fossil specimens.

Rock climbers have an inherent interest in geology.

A complete guide and source-book brimming with advice on collecting and preparing gems and minerals.

This book contains classic material dating back to the 1900s and before.

Groundwater in the West covers the use, management, laws, and politics of groundwater in the West.

Frozen mammals of the Ice Age, preserved for millennia in the tundra, have been a source of fascination and mystery since their first discovery over two centuries ago.

This book contains classic material dating back to the 1900s and before.

A complete guide to finding, collecting, and preparing the state's gems & mineralsRockhounding Idaho is a must-have book for anyone interested in collecting rocks, minerals, fossils, and gold in the Gem State.

Moon Rocks and Minerals compiles the important findings that have resulted from the first study of the Apollo 11 lunar rocks, including preliminary data on Apollo 12 lunar samples.

Follow Robert Macfarlane to the furthest corners of the globe.

Explore the mineral-rich region of Arizona with veteran rockhound Robert Beard's Rockhounding Arizona, 3rd Edition.

A SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR 2017A rich and exuberant group biography of the first geologists, the people who were first to excavate from the layers of the world its buried history.

This volume gives you the basic tools to transition from ';pebble pup' to expert rockhound and explains everything from geology basics, identification tips, tools of the trade, how to record your findings, and how to set up a lab or gem shop.

Beginner's Guide to Gemmology presents the profiles of the principal gem materials.

The story of one citizen's fight to preserve a US stake in the future of clean energy and the elements essential to high tech industries and national defense.

Fully revised and updated, this book provides detailed directions and GPS coordinates to the best rockhounding sites in Oregon, with valuable tips on what tools to bring and how to conduct your search.

Explores the possible nature of extraterrestrial life, and how similar it may be to life on Earth.

Silicate Science, Volume VIII: Industrial Glass: Glazes and Enamels presents a focused discussion regarding glass fusion furnace construction as well as improvement for the efficiency of the various systems involved in glass engineering.

This book provides detailed directions and GPS coordinates to the best rockhounding sites in Washington, with valuable tips on what to tools to bring and how to conduct your search.

With this informative guide, you can explore the mineral-rich areas' of Delaware, Maryland, and Washington D.

A complete guide and source-book brimming with advice on collecting and preparing gems and minerals.

Explore the mineral-rich region of Wisconsin with veteran rockhound Robert Beard's Rockhounding Wisconsin and unearth the state's best rockhounding sites, ranging from popular and commercial sites to numerous lesser-known areas.

A richly illustrated survey of rock microstructures in igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks, from basic concepts to cutting-edge research.

Classifications and Historical Studies is a collection of papers dealing with theoretical and applied ore petrology.

A complete guide and source-book brimming with advice on collecting and preparing gems and minerals.

A complete guide to finding, collecting, and preparing the state's gems & mineralsRockhounding Idaho is a must-have book for anyone interested in collecting rocks, minerals, fossils, and gold in the Gem State.

Minerals are the building blocks of rocks they make up the solid Earths crust.

This vintage book contains an interesting and practical study of the identification of gemstones, pearls, and ornamental minerals.

A practical and fun identification manual for amateurs and professionals alikeProvides the beginning fossil vertebrate enthusiast with some valuable information about the fossils they are collecting.

The revolution in science that is transforming our understanding of extinct lifeWe used to think of fossils as being composed of nothing but rock and minerals, all molecular traces of life having vanished long ago.

For experts and armchair enthusiasts alike, Rocks and Minerals: A Photographic Field Guide will appeal to anyone interested in uncovering the mysteries of this subject.

This book contains classic material dating back to the 1900s and before.

Evolutionary History of the Primates presents a documentation and analysis of the fossil record and evolutionary history of the primates to facilitate the understanding of the genealogy, adaptations, dispersal, and taxonomy of the order.

The Collins Nature Library is a new series of classic British nature writing - reissues of long-lost seminal works.

Thoroughly updated to include exciting discoveries from spacecraft missions and laboratory analyses, as well as new teaching resources.

This vintage book contains a complete guide to testing gems and gemstones for purity and authenticity.

Thoroughly updated to include exciting discoveries from spacecraft missions and laboratory analyses, as well as new teaching resources.

Empirical Metallogeny: Depositional Environments, Lithologic Associations, and Metallic Ores, Vol.

Explore the mineral-rich region of Northern California with Rockhounding Northern California and unearth the state's best rockhounding sites, ranging from popular and commercial sites to numerous lesser-known areas.

The Equatorial Rain Forest: A Geological History presents the equatorial vegetation as a dynamic entity with varied and highly significant history.

A complete guide and source-book brimming with advice on collecting and preparing gems and minerals .

Rockhounding Alaska will be an in-depth guide to the rocks, minerals and fossils legally found and collected within the state.

Geology is destinyunderstand it and life gets easier.