A Pocket Guide to Rocks and Minerals (Pocket Guides)

by James Lagomarsino

Book Overview

Detailed, jargon-free guidance on the identification of individual specimens. Illustrated throughout with superb color photographs. Fact boxes & location maps provide essential information on... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1407587471
• ISBN13: 9781407587479
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Parragon Inc
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.8" x 5.8"

Customer Reviews

A gem!

This easy-on-the-eyes well sized(8" x 5")guide to Rocks & Minerals by James Lagomarsino is full of sparkling detail; every page but 1 has colorful and bold illustrations. Garnets, Emeralds, Jasper, Agates, Quartz, are some of those that I can spell. Native silver and gold are represented beautifully here. There are so many that I have never heard of or seen and since the rocks have been cracked open you can see the beauty inside. It has an index, a glossary, a very readable explanation of each mineral, and the TOC is excellent. Care was taken in the production of this book. It will last. A lovely picture book of gems, in a great size.