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A Catalogue of American Minerals with their Localities

By: Samuel Robinson

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Rochester, NY, Rochester Mineralogical Symposium: 1989

Seller ID: 000086

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Near Fine

Unabridged facsimile reprint of original 1825 edition. Some creasing along spine, and small price sticker blemish on upper right of front cover. Covers mineral localities, "including all which are known to exist in the United States and British Provinces, and having the towns, counties, and districts in each state and province arranged alphabetically. With an Appendix, containing additional localities and a tabular view." 316 pages.
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A Color Atlas of Meteorites in Thin Section

By: Dante S. Lauretta and Marvin Killgore

Price: $98.00

Publisher: Tucson, AZ, Golden Retriever Publications: 2005

Seller ID: 000009

ISBN: 0972047212

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

Very well illustrated and descriptive book on meteorite in thin section. Includes ordinary chondrites, enstatite chondrites, carbonaceous chondrites, "other" chondrites, primitive achondrites, and evolved achondrites. Beautiful photographs.
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A Field Guide to Topaz and Associated Minerals of the Thomas Range, Utah (Topaz Mountain)

By: John Holfert, Water Mroch and Jeremy Fuller

Price: $45.00

Publisher: HM Publishing: 1996

Seller ID: 000013

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: New

A detailed account of the geology, minerals and collecting areas in the Thomas Range (Topaz Mountain) locality. Contains excellent collecting area maps and collecting tips to find the gems and minerals in this famous mineral location. 103 pages.
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A Reconnaissance of the Northwestern Portion of Seward Peninsula Alaska

By: Arthur J. Collier

Price: $70.00

Publisher: Washington, D.C., U. S. Government Printing Office: 1902

Seller ID: 000199

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

USGS Professional Paper 2. Professionally rebound in red buckram with gold lettering on spine and front cover. New endpapers and flyleafs. Ex-library, with a stamped library card pocket on rear flyleaf. Title page (original) has several small tears (approx. 1/4" each) and one tape repair to a tear approx. 1" long. Rear page has a library card pocket and residual tape for a repair to the original back cover (no longer present). Contents very good. A geologic and economic geology survey of part of the Seward Peninsula, focusing on gold and tin deposits (placer). 70 pages with 12 plates, includi...
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A Reconnaissance of the Northwestern Portion of Seward Peninsula Alaska

By: Arthur J. Collier

Price: $70.00

Publisher: Washington, D.C., U. S. Government Printing Office: 1902

Seller ID: 000200

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

USGS Professional Paper 2. Professionally rebound in red buckram with gold lettering on spine and front cover. New endpapers and flyleafs. . Title page (original) has one small tear (approx. 1/4" each) and some creasing.. Rear page has some rough edges, soiling, and a crease. Contents very good. A geologic and economic geology survey of part of the Seward Peninsula, focusing on gold and tin deposits (placer). 70 pages with 12 plates, including two 2 page color maps, 1 folding map in rear map pocket, and the balance are B&W photographs.
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Agates: The Pat McMahan Collection

By: Pat McMahan

Price: $129.95

Publisher: Cottonwood, Arizona, Pat McMahan: 2016

Seller ID: 000251

ISBN: 0692651381

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

NEW. Glossy cover, pages are acid-free. This beautifully illustrated book is a depiction of one of the most comprehensive collections of sagenite, plume, and banded agate in the world. More than 1250 high-quality photographs of beautiful and rare agates from 20 countries and 19 U.S. states (more than 300 separate agate deposits are covered). Text is limited but includes the history of many locations, personal stories, prospecting tips, and . Bob Jones, Senior Editor of Rock and Gem Magazine states "This text is a must for every agate collector's library and reference shelf". A wonderful coffe...
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Agates: Treasures of the Earth

By: Roger Pabian, Brian Jackson, Peter Tandy and John Cromartie

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Buffalo, NY, Firefly Books: 2006

Seller ID: 000030

ISBN: 1554070988

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: New

A concise book on agates discussing formation, coloration, geology and types of agates, Beautifully illustrated with lots of worldwide agates discussed. More technical than many primers on agate in publication today.
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American Mineral Treasures

By: Gloria A. Staebler and Wendell E. Wilson (Editors)

Price: $275.00

Publisher: East Hampton, CT, Lithographie, LLC: 2008

Seller ID: 000111

ISBN: 097909982X

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Pictorial cover. An homage to 44 premier mineral localities in the United States, including Franklin and Sterling Hill, NJ; Mt. Antero, CO; Sweet Home Mine, Alma, CO; Elmwood, TN; Hot Springs, AR; Butte, MT; Morenci Mine, AZ and the Bunker Hill Mine, ID. Profusely illustrated with high resolution color photographs make this volume a great reference work, as welll as a desirable "coffee table" book. 354 pages.
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Analyse Qualitative Minerale: A L'aide des Stillireactions

By: R. Delaby and J. A. Gautier

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Paris, France, Masson et Cie Editeurs: 1940

Seller ID: 000281

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Presentation copy from the senior author to Robert H. Powell in Paris in September, 1945 (see photos). Black figured (embossed) cloth hard cover with quarter binding, and gold lettering on front and spine. Top and bottom of cover show some edge wear and scuffing, as well as some small dents to top front and back boards. 233 pages, with some tables and charts. A classic french work on qualitative mineral analysis.
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Analytical Paleobotany

By: Norman L. Gilinsky and Phillip W. Signor

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Knoxville, TN, University of Tennessee, Knoxville: 1991

Seller ID: 000063

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

Corners slightly bumped, some spotting on edge of pages, creasing on upper portion of spine. 13 articles on quantitative analysis in paleontology presented at a short course during the 1991 annual conference of the Paleontological Society. 216 pages.
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Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences

By: Fred A. Donath, Francis A. Stehli, George W. Wetherill, Editors

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Palo Alto, California, Annual Reviews, Inc.: 1973

Seller ID: 000272

ISBN: 0824320018

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Volume 1. Brown cloth with gilt lettering on front cover and spine. Cover is slightly scuffed. Front flyleaf is torn. Contents are good. 350 pages, numerous drawings, figures and charts.
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Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences

By: Fred A. Donath, Francis A. Stehli, and George W. Wetherill, Editors

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Palo Alto, California, Annual Reviews, Inc.: 1980

Seller ID: 000273

ISBN: 0824320018

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Volume 8. Brown cloth with gilt and black lettering on front cover and spine. Front flyleaf and endpaper are torn in upper right corner. Otherwise contents are in very good condition. 626 pages, numerous drawings, figures and charts.
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Asterism: Gems With a Star

By: Martin P. Steinbach

Price: $275.00

Publisher: Idar-Oberstein, Germany, MPS Publishing and Media: 2016

Seller ID: 000223

ISBN: 300050494X

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

New book, in original shrink wrap. A magnificent tome on all things asterated in the gem world. This book is by far the most authoritative work on the phenomena of star and catseye gemstones. Informative, well written and enjoyable to read, the author shares his lifelong passion with star gems. With over 1,000 full-color photographs and an extensive bibliography, this book belongs on the shelf of every gemologist, gem dealer and collector of fine gemstones.
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Atlas der Krystallformen

By: Viktor Goldschmidt

Price: $750.00

Publisher: Rochester, NY, Rochester Mineralogical Symposium: 1987

Seller ID: 000311

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

9 volume complete facsimile reprint (softcover). Some corners bumped, some slight cover and binding defects, interiors near fine condition. A limited printing of 300 sets published by the Rochester Mineralogical Symposium in 1987. This is one of the truly great works in mineralogy and crystallography of the 20th century (originally published in 18 volumes between 1913 and 1923). An exhaustive study of variations of crystal form and symmetry for known minerals. An important resource for mineralogists, crystallographers and serious mineral collectors. Shipping (with insurance) an additional ...
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Authigenic Minerals in Sedimentary Rocks

By: G. I. Teodorovich

Price: $60.00

Publisher: New York, NY, Consultants Bureau: 1961

Seller ID: 000119

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Authorized translation from the Russian "Autigennye Mineraly Osadochnykh Porod," published in 1958. Lower spine has small remnant of library sticker, front and rear cover are creased. Library stamps on interior of front and back covers. Contents very good. 37 B&W photos and diagrams. 120 pages including bibliography.
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Beryl Deposits of the Beecher No. 3-Black Diamond Pegmatite, Custer County, South Dakota

By: Jack A. Redden

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Washington, D.C., U. S. Government Printing Office: 1959

Seller ID: 000180

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

USGS Bulletin 1072-I. Paper wraps, slight creasing along back cover, minor sunning to spine and edges. Site specific reference on the Beecher No. 3 pegmatite mine. Covers the history, geologyy, struture, mineralogy and production of this important U.S. beryl producer. 23 pages, includes 2 map plates (in rear pocket) plus 1 figure (map).
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Beryl-bearing Pegmatites in the Ruby Mountains and Other Areas in Nevada and Northwestern Arizona

By: Jerry C. Olson and E. Neal Hinrichs

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Washington, D.C., U. S. Government Printing Office: 1960

Seller ID: 000181

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

USGS Bulletin 1082-D. Paper wraps, crease on rear cover, sunning along spine. Report discusses a number of beryl and mica-bearing pegmatites in Nevada and Northern Arizona. Covers the geology, structure, mineralogy and economic potential. 66 pages, including 5 map plates (3 in rear map pocket), 4 figures (maps) and 7 tables.
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Bibliography of the Geology and Mineralogy of the Rare Earths and Scandium to 1971

By: John W. Adams and Eleanora R. Iberall

Price: $9.50

Publisher: Washington, D.C., U. S. Government Printing Office: 1973

Seller ID: 000177

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

USGS Bulletin 1366. Paper wraps, library stamp on lower front cover, otherwise near fine. 195 pages.
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Biological-Mineralogical Interactions

By: J. M. McIntosh and L. A. Groat

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Ottawa, Canada, Mineralogical Association of Canada: 1997

Seller ID: 000035

ISBN: 092129400X

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: New

Short course on the interaction between organisms (primarily bacteria) and rocks/minerals, with direct effects on mineral weathering, ore deposit formation, soil development and remediation. MAC Short Course Volume 25.
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Block Settlement Along the East Shore of the Ohio River Valley North of Wheeling, West Virginia

By: L. Baskin

Price: $40.00

Publisher: 1967

Seller ID: 000215

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

Softcover with plastic spiral binding. Minor sunning of cover, minor creasing along edge of front cover A talk presented at the Association of Engineering Geologists National Meeting in Dallas Texas, October 1967. A study done to assess the risks of widening of WV Highway No. 2 in the Ohio River Valley near Warwood, WV, in regard to slope stability and potential landslides. Contents include surface and subsurface geology of the area. 11 pages plus 8 fold-out maps.
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Calcium Superphosphate and Compound Fertilisers: Their Chemistry and Manufacture

By: P. Parrish and A. Ogilvie

Price: $50.00

Publisher: London, Hutchinson's Scientific & Technical Publications: 1946

Seller ID: 000318

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Ex-library (Potash Corporation of America with PCA bookplate). Red cloth cover with gold lettering on spine. Library number on lower spine, corners are slightly bumped, and minor soiling on covers. Detailed description of the chemistry, mining, processing and manufacture of soluble phosphates. 279 pages, with 162 figures and 67 tables. Also includes a large foldout schematic of a superphosphate manufacturing plant.
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Canteras - Mexican Opals in Matrix: Spectacular Cabs of Fire

By: Jack Hobart

Price: $25.00

Publisher: California, Jack Hobart Books: 2015

Seller ID: 000003

ISBN: 1944564004

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: New

NEW. Beautifully illustrated book on the fire opals of Mexico. 88 pages, 133 color photographs.
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Carbonate-Hosted Sulfide Deposits of the Central Colorado Mineral Belt

By: David W. Beaty, Gary P. Landis and Tommy B. Thompson, editors

Price: $50.00

Publisher: New Haven, Connecticut, The Economic Geology Publishing Company: 1990

Seller ID: 000255

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Economic Geology Monograph 7. Blue cloth with gold lettering. Bottom of binding shows shelf wear, otherwise fine. Contents fine. Compilation of articles published in the journal, Economic Geology. As a whole the articles provide an in-depth study of the massive silver-lead-zinc-barite deposits of the Leadville, Gilman, Aspen, Red Cliff, Alma, Kokomo,Tincup and Mount Sherman areas of Colorado. Well-known mines include the Eagle, Black Cloud, Sherman, Carbonate Hill and Hilltop mines. 424 pages, with many photographs, maps and diagrams.
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Character and Distribution of Nonclastic Minerals in the Searles Lake Evaporite Deposit, California

By: George I. Smith and David V. Haines

Price: $9.00

Publisher: Washington, D.C., U. S. Government Printing Office: 1964

Seller ID: 000174

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Near Fine

USGS Bulletin 1181-P. Ex-library, call numbers and library stamp on front cover. Paper wraps, spine sunned. Wonderful report on the formation of evaporite minerals in the brines underlying Searles Dry Lake. Good summary of stratigraphic layers and chemistry, and summaries of the minerals found. May be the best report written on the minerals of Searles Lake. Useful report for studying the mineralogy and chemistry of the brines from other arid dry lakes. 58 pages, including 16 figures (9 of which are B&W photographs).
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Chat Dumps of the Missouri Lead Belt, St. Francois County: With an Illustrated History of the Lead Companies That Built Them

By: Robert E. McHenry

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Adrian, Michigan, Robert E. McHenry: 2006

Seller ID: 000015

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

The title of this obscure book is a bit of a misnomer, as it is a wonderful history of the towns, people and companies in the (Old) Missouri Lead Belt. The author wrote the book as an outgrowth of photographing the mine waste dumps (chat dumps) which are very imposing features of the local landscape. The scope of the project grew to include the history of the mines, companies and towns of the region. Very well researched with lots of interesting facts and photos. A worthwhile read and addition to the library of any mining history buff. 400 pages, with numerous B&W photographs.
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Category: Earth Sciences