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Beginners Rockhounding Minerals Micromounting Fluorescence Gemstones Faceting Photography		Books for Collectors This page contains a list of books and magazine issues of interest to beginners and advanced collectors of minerals and gems. These books can be purchased at most stores, or ordered from the publisher. You can also try your local civic or university library. Suggested Books for Beginners Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Rocks and Minerals Chesterman, C.W., and K.E. Lowe. 1990. Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., New York. Field Guide to Rocks and Minerals Pough, F.H. 1996. 5th ed. Houghton Mifflin Co., New York. Field Collecting Gemstones and Minerals Sinkankas, John. 1998. Geoscience Press, Inc., Tucson, Arizona. Rockhounding in General Gold, Gemstone & Mineral Sites of British Columbia Volume I: Vancouver Island Hudson, Rick. 1997. Orca Book Publishers, Victoria, BC. Gold, Gemstone & Mineral Sites of British Columbia Volume II: Sites within a Day's Drive of Vancouver - New! Hudson, Rick. 1999. Orca Book Publishers, Victoria, BC. How old is that Mountain? Yorath, C.J. 1997. Orca Book Publishers, Victoria, BC. An excellent, easy to understand book that describes how the Canadian Rocky Mountains were formed. Roadside Geology of Ontario: North Shore of Lake Superior - New! Pye, E.G. 1997. Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines, Ontario. The Rockhound's Handbook Mitchell, J.R. 1996. Gem Guides Book Company, Baldwin Park, California. Mineralogy Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Rocks and Minerals Chesterman, C.W., and K.E. Lowe. 1990. Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., New York. Dana's New Mineralogy Gaines, R.V., H. Catherine, W. Skinner, E.E. Foord, B. Mason, and A. Rosenzweig. 1997. 8th ed. John Wiley and Sons, Inc. Glossary of Mineral Species Fleischer, M., and J.A. Mandarino. 1995. Mineralogical Record, Inc., Tuscon, Arizona. Mineralogy Sinkankas, J. 1964. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company. The Mineralogy of Mont Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada L. Horvath and B. Gault. 1990. Mineralogical Record, Vol. 21, No. 4, July-August special issue entitled "Mont Saint-Hilaire". Monteregian Treasures: The Minerals Of Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada Mandarino, J.A., and V. Anderson. 1989. Cambridge University Press, New York. Micromounting The Complete Book of Micromounting Wight, Q. 1993. Mineralogical Record, Inc., Tucson, Arizona. Fluorescence Mineralogy Collector's Book of Fluorescent Minerals Robbins, M.A. 1983. Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., NY. Fluorescence: Gems and Minerals under Ultraviolet Light Robbins, M.A. 1994. Geoscience Press, Inc., Tucson, Arizona. Gemstones & Gemmology Encyclopedia of Gemstones and Minerals Martin Holden. 1991. Michael Friedman Publishing Group, Inc., New York. Gemstone Occurrences in British Columbia Wilson, Bradley S. 1997. Canadian Gemmologist 18(3):74-86. Also see article in the Canadian Rockhound Winter/Spring 1999 issue. Gemstones of North America, Volume 3 Sinkankas, John. 1997. Geoscience Press, Inc., Tucson, Arizona. Gemstones of the World Schumann, Walter. 1997. Sterling Publishing Company, Inc., New York. Simon and Schuster's Guide to Gems and Precious Stones Cipriani, C. and A. Borelli. 1986. New York. Faceting The Techniques of Master Faceting Wykoff, Gerry. 1985. Adamas Publishers, Washington. Photography Photographing Minerals, Fossils and Lapidary Materials Scovil, Jeffrey. 1996. Geoscience Press, Inc., Tucson, Arizona. Top of Page
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