Collecting gems & minerals

hold the treasures of the earth in the palm of your hand

by

Hardcover, 80 pages

English language

Published Jan. 28, 1997 by Sterling Pub. Co..

ISBN:
9780806997605
OCLC Number:
38969139

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Introduces gems and minerals, explains how to build and display a collection of these precious stones, and describes a variety of such treasures for identification purposes.

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Conversational, and hard to rate. In some ways it rubbed us the wrong way, with incomplete information and generalizations, but to be fair it's probably a good book for beginners and simple public reference. Wouldn't trust it for details. You can easily read it straight through, unlike with some other reference books. It has a reasonable amount of photos.
3.5 to 4 stars, a good junior library general title, gift shop book, etc.

Subjects

  • Precious stones -- Collection and preservation -- Juvenile literature.
  • Minerals -- Collection and preservation -- Juvenile literature.
  • Precious stones -- Collection and preservation.
  • Minerals -- Collection and preservation.