DK Handbooks: Rocks & Minerals
 Just the Photo's Ma'am. Just the Photo's.: If you are not blind this is the book for you. Even if you are blind you could get someone else to tell you just how beautiful the photos in this book are. That is if they can catch their breath after seeing the [... more]
$18.95
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Salt: A World History
Worth its weight in salt.: For the longest time, history in the Western genre was defined in terms of heroes (and the occasional heroines) and their nemesis. This "great man" version of history glorified individuals like Churchill, Caesar, [... more]
$28.00
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The Granite Landscape: A Natural History of America's ...
EXCELLANT !!!!: First off, I loved this book. I know some will poo poo this book for not being a hardcore geology book, but thats what makes it so good. Mr. Wessells gives a very good geology course limited to the granite outcroppings in the U.S. and he [... more]
$27.95
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A Field Guide to Rocks and Minerals (Peterson Field Guides)
Bought it for my 8-yr old: I bought this book for my 8-year old daughter who is really into gems. It is really too old for her, and has few pictures. I'm sure it is fine for someone older. Pough's Field Guide to Rocks and Minerals: It has been some time [... more]
$20.00
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Peterson First Guide to Rocks and Minerals
Bought it for my 8-yr old: I bought this book for my 8-year old daughter who is really into gems. It is really too old for her, and has few pictures. I'm sure it is fine for someone older. Pough's Field Guide to Rocks and Minerals: It has been some time [... more]
$5.95
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The Black Hole at the Center of Our Galaxy
passionate, he is - but it's hard to follow: Apparently Sgr A* is shrinking - at various points in the book, it's described as the size of Mars' orbit, the size of Mercury's orbit, and several times the diameter of the Sun. Then there's the "how [... more]
$30.95
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Coal: A Human History
Something to learn but a tedious read: I bought this book because of its small size (only 7 x 5" and 248 pages). I thought I would learn something and I did. Subtitled "A Human History", this is the story of coal -- how it was discovered, [... more]
$25.00
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Stone By Stone: The Magnificent History in New England's ...
Solidly Magnificent: "The stone walls of New England stand guard against a future that seems to be coming too quickly. They urge us to slow down and to recall the past." This is only one of the many observations that Professor Thorson concludes [... more]
$26.00
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Diamond Ring Buying Guide: How to Evaluate, Identify and ...
thediamondstore: this book has all of the fact giving information on diamonds like affects of cut color and clarity on value wich is helpful in understanding what a diamond SHOULD be valued but in real practice in the market place whether shopping online [... more]
$17.95
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Gemstone Buying Guide, Second Edition: How to Evaluate, ...
beautiful color photographs - eye for jewelry design: I've read quite a few gem books. This one excels in several ways. First there is a plethora of beautiful color photographs. Second the author gives current price ranges for various gems - unusual. The [... more]
$19.95
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DK Handbooks: Gemstones
the ultimate reference series: Where to begin? Photos, interesting facts, chemical compositions, broad range of stones!!!! The perfect reference for jewelers, libraries, hobbyists, homeschoolers- and to all you crystal/light workers, here is an awesome [... more]
$18.95
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Fee Mining and Rockhounding Adventures in the West (Rock ...
Not Much Detail: I liked the state histories but for a rockhound the book is not of much use. The book tries to cover too many states with too little actual information on each state. A good example would be Arizona. The book lists 14 sites for Arizona [... more]
$12.95
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