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Title: Simon and Schuster's Guide to Rocks and Minerals by Martin Prinz ISBN: 0-671-24417-5 Publisher: Fireside Books Pub. Date: 15 November, 1978 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $17.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.29 (7 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent
Comment: This book was a must have for all geology students when I started out. Everyone in first year had this book and we used it regularly right up to fourth year. It came in very handy for mineralogy, especially since we had to know 200 of the rock forming minerals. The color pictures and information about each mineral and rock (including accidentals) and the geologic environment was very helpful. This book even came in handy when we were working on a gold exploration program coring through volcanic rock. It was helpful trying to match up the pictures with the rocks we were logging. Of course I don't recommend this practise but we all did enjoy the joke in camp.
This book has also been helpful when I used to work on large scale field mapping projects or drilling programs. I still have my original copy. I definately recommend this book above all others I have seen to any rock hound, hobbist or student.
Rating: 5
Summary: An excellent and easy to use field-guide
Comment: A Rock and Mineral competition forced me to buy a field guide on the subject. By luck, I picked up the Simon and Schuster's Guide to Rocks and Minerals, and couldn't have been happier with it. This book it helpful in identifying mineral specimens from around the word, and also provides easy-to-find and essential information about each one. The pictures are wonderful, and they portray the appearance of the most common and obscure varieties. With the long hours of studying and the help of this book, I took a state medal, and later a national medal, in the Rocks and Minerals field of the Science Olympiad competition. Best guide I've seen on the subject.
Rating: 3
Summary: Not for beginners, but good for advanced hobbyist
Comment: The information and photos are great, but it's geared more towards someone who already has a good working knowledge of the subject, especially the introduction to minerals. I would recommend this as a solid field reference, but not so good as a field guide (there's not identification key). Beginners will quickly get lost in some of the technical aspects and jargon.
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Title: A Field Guide to Rocks and Minerals by Frederick H. Pough, Jeffrey Scovil ISBN: 039591096X Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company Pub. Date: 15 January, 1998 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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Title: National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Rocks and Minerals (Audubon Society Field Guide) by Charles Wesley Chesterman ISBN: 0394502698 Publisher: Random House Pub. Date: 01 May, 1979 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: SIMON & SCHUSTER'S GUIDE TO GEMS AND PRECIOUS STONES by C. Ciprianai, A. Borelli ISBN: 0671604309 Publisher: Fireside Books Pub. Date: 13 March, 1986 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: Smithsonian Handbooks: Rocks & Minerals (Smithsonian Handbooks) by Chris Pellant, Helen Pellant, Harry Taylor ISBN: 0789491060 Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Publishing Pub. Date: 01 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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Title: Encyclopedia of Rocks, Minerals, and Gemstones by N, A, Chris Pellant, Henry Russell ISBN: 1571455620 Publisher: Thunder Bay Press (CA) Pub. Date: 01 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $19.98 |
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