Rocks and Minerals - A Guide to Minerals, Gems, and Rocks

By Herbert S. Zim, Paul R. Shaffer, Raymond Perlman (illustrator)

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This 160 page book is an identification guide to only the most common kinds of rocks and minerals. This guide describes and illustrates their physical and chemical properties, their origin and the geological structures associated with them, their geologic and economic significance, and where and how to collect them. A…

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1 author picked Rocks and Minerals - A Guide to Minerals, Gems, and Rocks as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Robert R. Coenraads

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I can’t go past recommending this tiny book! Way back when I was a kid, my geologist cousin, Rene Schellekens, gave me a cardboard box full of carefully wrapped crystal specimens he’d collected on his travels plus a copy of Zim’s Guide to Minerals, Gems, and Rocks, and that fabulous little guidebook became my bible. I knew, by heart, every word and beautiful hand-drawn and coloured image adorning its pages—each mineral’s crystal system, colour, hardness, and other physical and chemical properties. I have to say, that gift of Zim’s Guidebook led me into a lifelong career of geological exploration…

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