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By: Samuel Robinson
Price: $30.00
Publisher: Rochester, NY, Rochester Mineralogical Symposium: 1989
Inscription: No Signature
Seller ID: 000086
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. View more info
By: Dante S. Lauretta and Marvin Killgore
Price: $98.00
Publisher: Tucson, AZ, Golden Retriever Publications: 2005
Edition: 1st Edition
Inscription: No Signature
Seller ID: 000009
ISBN: 0972047212
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. View more info
By: John Holfert, Water Mroch and Jeremy Fuller
Price: $40.00
Publisher: HM Publishing: 1996
Edition: 1st Edition
Inscription: No Signature
Seller ID: 000013
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. View more info
By: John Holfert, Water Mroch and Jeremy Fuller
Price: $20.00
Publisher: HM Publishing: 1996
Edition: 1st Edition
Inscription: No Signature
Seller ID: 000219
Condition: Good
Previous owner's name handwritten on first page. Front and back cover scuffed. 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. View more info
Price: $70.00
Publisher: Washington, D.C., U. S. Government Printing Office: 1902
Edition: 1st Edition
Inscription: No Signature
Seller ID: 000199
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... View more info
Price: $70.00
Publisher: Washington, D.C., U. S. Government Printing Office: 1902
Edition: 1st Edition
Inscription: No Signature
Seller ID: 000200
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. View more info
By: Roger Pabian, Brian Jackson, Peter Tandy and John Cromartie
Price: $35.00
Publisher: Buffalo, NY, Firefly Books: 2006
Edition: 1st Edition
Inscription: No Signature
Seller ID: 000030
ISBN: 1554070988
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. View more info
By: Gloria A. Staebler and Wendell E. Wilson (Editors)
Price: $275.00
Publisher: East Hampton, CT, Lithographie, LLC: 2008
Edition: 1st Edition
Inscription: No Signature
Seller ID: 000111
ISBN: 097909982X
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. Heavy book, will require additional postage. View more info
Price: $60.00
Publisher: New York, NY, Consultants Bureau: 1961
Edition: 2nd Edition
Inscription: No Signature
Seller ID: 000119
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. View more info
By: Jack A. Redden
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Washington, D.C., U. S. Government Printing Office: 1959
Edition: 1st Edition
Inscription: No Signature
Seller ID: 000180
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). View more info
By: Jerry C. Olson and E. Neal Hinrichs
Price: $25.00
Publisher: Washington, D.C., U. S. Government Printing Office: 1960
Edition: 1st Edition
Inscription: No Signature
Seller ID: 000181
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. View more info
By: John W. Adams and Eleanora R. Iberall
Price: $9.50
Publisher: Washington, D.C., U. S. Government Printing Office: 1973
Edition: 1st Edition
Inscription: No Signature
Seller ID: 000177
Condition: Very Good
USGS Bulletin 1366. Paper wraps, library stamp on lower front cover, otherwise near fine. 195 pages. View more info
By: J. M. McIntosh and L. A. Groat
Price: $40.00
Publisher: Ottawa, Canada, Mineralogical Association of Canada: 1997
Edition: 1st Edition
Inscription: No Signature
Seller ID: 000035
ISBN: 092129400X
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. View more info
By: L. Baskin
Price: $40.00
Publisher: 1967
Edition: 1st Edition
Inscription: No Signature
Seller ID: 000215
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. View more info
By: Jack Hobart
Price: $25.00
Publisher: California, Jack Hobart Books: 2015
Edition: 1st Edition
Inscription: No Signature
Seller ID: 000003
ISBN: 1944564004
Condition: New
Beautifully illustrated book on the fire opals of Mexico.133 photographs. View more info
By: George I. Smith and David V. Haines
Price: $9.00
Publisher: Washington, D.C., U. S. Government Printing Office: 1964
Edition: 1st Edition
Inscription: No Signature
Seller ID: 000174
Condition: Near Fine
USGS Bulletin 1181-P. Paper wraps, spine slightly sunned. Wonderful report on the formation of evaporite minerals in the brines underlying Searles Dry Lake. Good summary of stratigraphic layers and chemistry, and great 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). View more info
Price: $60.00
Publisher: Denver, CO, Lithographie: 2012
Edition: 1st Edition
Inscription: No Signature
Seller ID: 000110
ISBN: 0983632316
Condition: Fine
Pictorial cover. Profusely illustrated collection of stories on the history of mining and mineral collecting in Arizona. Firsthand accounts and great stories make you feel like you were there. Complemented with beautiful photographs of minerals and mines (color and B&W), maps, and historical B&W photos make this a must have book for mineral collectors.366 pages. View more info
By: Jack Hobart
Price: $25.00
Publisher: California, Jack Hobart Books: 2016
Edition: 1st Edition
Inscription: No Signature
Seller ID: 000049
ISBN: 1944564128
Condition: New
180 images document the complexity and beauty of there rare copper agates from Michigan. Associated with the Pre-Cambrian copper deposits in the Upper Peninsula, these agates were overlooked until recently, and have become highly collectible. View more info
By: United Nations Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East
Price: $45.00
Publisher: Bangkok, Thailand, United Nations Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East: 1960
Edition: 1st Edition
Inscription: No Signature
Seller ID: 000189
Condition: Near Fine
Mineral Resources Development Series No. 14. Printed wraps, some creasing on front cover. A study of the copper, lead and zinc resources of parts of Asia, including occurrences, mining, production and resource potential. 63 pages with maps, production figures and mining/smelting capabilities. View more info
By: S. E. Clabaugh and F. C. Armstrong
Price: $50.00
Publisher: Washington, D.C., U. S. Government Printing Office: 1950
Inscription: No Signature
Seller ID: 000076
Condition: Good
U. S. Geological Survey Bulletin 969-B. Paper wraps, with map pocket in rear containing 5 fold-out maps. Ex-Nerco Minerals Company library with various corporate stamps and stickers. A study of several large corundum-containing geologic features near Bozeman. Covers geology and mineralogy of prospects. 21 pages. View more info
Price: $36.00
Publisher: Washington, D.C., U. S. Government Printing Office: 1952
Edition: 1st Edition
Inscription: No Signature
Seller ID: 000166
Condition: Very Good
USGS Bulletin 983. Paper wraps, minor creasing and small tear (3/8") on back cover. A comprehensive study of Montana's gem sapphire deposits, including Yogo Gulch, Missouri River, Rock Creek and Dry Cottonwood Creek. Discusses geology, crystallography, mineralogy, history of mining, and production. An excellent reference on an important gem-producing region. 100 pages, includes 6 map plates (in rear pocket) and 13 figures. View more info
Price: $75.00
Publisher: Ottawa, Canada, Canada Department of Mines, Geological Survey: 1915
Inscription: No Signature
Seller ID: 000073
Condition: Good
Ex-library, cardstock cover, some creasing, small tears along edges (one with tape reinforcement) and stamp on front cover and front and rear flyleafs.Cover reinforced on interior of binding. Pages edges sunned, else pages very good. A thorough study of corundum, discussing history, geology, mineralogy, crystallography, chemistry, uses, mining, milling, synthesis and localities. Color plate with tissue cover opposite title page, numerous photos, maps and figures. Scarce. 377 pages. View more info
By: F. Donald Bloss
Price: $40.00
Publisher: Washington, D.C., Mineralogical Society of America: 1994
Edition: 1st Edition
Inscription: No Signature
Seller ID: 000120
Condition: As New
Glossy cover. An excellent introductory text on crystallography and crystal chemistry. Well organized and comprehensive in scope, this is a very good primer for someone who would like to have a good understanding of crystallography. 545 pages. View more info
By: Richard V. Gaines, H. Catherine W. Skinner, Eugene E. Foord, Brian Mason and Abraham Rosenzweig
Price: $200.00
Publisher: New York, NY, John Wiley & Sons: 1997
Edition: 5th or later Edition
Inscription: No Signature
Seller ID: 000121
ISBN: 0471193100
Condition: Fine
Very minor scuffing to cover. Printed on acid-free paper. Probably the most comprehensive single volume on descriptive mineralogy ever written. Organized in chapters by chemical classes (Native Elements, Sulfides, Oxides, etc...) Includes all IMA-approved minerals through calender year 1995. Includes many crystallographic renderings. 1819 pages. View more info
By: Johannes Schwanz, Thomas Schupbach, and Andre Gorsatt
Price: $60.00
Publisher: Binn, Switzerland, Andre Gorsatt: 1994
Edition: 1st Edition
Inscription: No Signature
Seller ID: 000020
ISBN: 3952065706
Condition: New
New, in original shrink wrap. A beautiful summary of the geology, natural history, mineralogy and mineral collecting history of the Swiss Alps. Written by people who have extensive collecting backgrounds in the alpine region. Includes numerous color photographs of minerals, geology and natural history. 271 pages. View more info
