Over 140 color photos, diagrams, and text reveal the crystal structures, habits, names, and changing family relationships of silicate crystals. This thorough gu
The definitive resource for mineral collectors, this comprehensive book describes the structural relationships among orthosilicateminerals, known for their hard
This book explains the structural relationships among di- and ringsilicate minerals, known for their hardness and brilliant colors, and the geological condition
Quartz is prized by both mineral collectors and lapidary artists. Over 130 vivid photographs of these beautiful minerals are presented to show each mineral in i
The axinite group of rock-formed minerals is well known to collectors through the spectacularly sharp crystals collected in quantity at Dal'negorsk and Puiva in