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Collector’s Guide to the Epidote Group Robert J. Lauf. More than 90 color photos display epidote group minerals, well known to collectors for their rich colors. The text provides a review of all presently known species, along with detailed entries for each of the eighteen minerals and extensive locality information. This book will be of interest to those interested in de- veloping a better understanding of silicate minerals. • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279 mm) • 92 color photos • 96 pp. • 978-0-7643-3048-3•PB•$19.99 Collector’s Guide to the Feldspar Group Robert J. Lauf. How feldspar minerals are formed and the conditions that create the striking colors of amazonite, sunstone, and labradorite. Illustrated with more than 100 color photos and covers the chemistry, structure, and taxonomy of the minerals of the feldspar group. Detailed entries provide locality information. The pho- tos show what good specimens look like and which minerals are found with them. • 81/2" x 11" (215 x 279 mm) • 107 color & 2 b/w photos • 96 pp. • 978-0-7643- 4329-2 • PB • $19.99 Collector’s Guide to the Garnet Group Robert J. Lauf. This book explains how garnet minerals are formed and the unique conditions that create the rarer garnet species. It covers the chemistry, structure, and taxonomy of the minerals of the garnet group. Detailed entries for each mineral provide locality infor- mation and full color photos showwhat good specimens look like and which minerals are found with them. • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279 mm) • 129 color photos • 96 pp. • 978-0-7643-4003-1•PB•$19.99 The Collector’s Guide to Herkimer Diamonds Michael R. Walter. 210+ vivid color images of Herkimer diamond specimens, associated minerals, and field shots illustrate the informative text. Includes the most recent scientific information regarding Herkimer dia- monds’ geological and mineralogical history, where these brilliant quartz crystals can be found, descriptions of historic locations, and the inclusion of noteworthy peripheral localities. • 81/2"x11" (215x279mm) •219 color & 7 b/wphotos • 96 pp. • 978-0-7643-4710-8 • PB • $19.99 Collector’s Guide to the Mica Group Robert J. Lauf. A thorough review of the mica group, it includes examples recently described. 115 color photos and electron micrographs illustrate the informative text which provides a detailed entry for each mineral, in- cluding information on where each is found. This fascinating guide is for those interested in minerals. • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279mm) • 115 color photos • 96 pp. • 978-0-7643-3047-6•PB•$19.99 The Collector’s Guide to the Minerals of New York State Dr. Steven C. Chamberlain and Dr. George W. Robinson. The first New York mineralogy text in more than 35 years presents detailed information about the most important mineral localities to mineral col- lectors. It includes the significance, collecting history, geology, origin, and important minerals for collectors incorporating the latest research and nomenclature. • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279 mm) • 153 color photos, 1 chart • 96 pp. • 978-0-7643-4334-6 • PB • $19.99 Collector’s Guide to the Pyroxene Group Robert J. Lauf. More than 115 color photos display pyroxene group minerals in all their forms and colors. The infor- mative text provides an introduction to their chemistry and taxonomy, formation, and geochemistry. A detailed entry for each mineral includes color reference photos. This book is essential for every mineral collector. • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279mm) •116 color &5b/w images •96 pp. • 978-0-7643-3404-7 • PB • $19.99 The Collector’s Guide to Silicate Crystal Struc- tures Robert J. Lauf. More than 140 color photos, diagrams, and incisive text reveal crystal structures, habits, names, and changing family relationships of silicate crystals. Provides an introduction to crystallog- raphy, current classification of silicate structures, and reviews orthosilicates, disilicates, chain silicates, sheet silicates, and framework silicates. • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279mm) • 142 color photos • 96 pp. • 978-0-7643-3579- 2 • PB • $19.99 Collector’s Guide to the Three Phases of Titania: Rutile, Anatase, and Brookite Robert J. Lauf. Collector’s Guide to the Three Phases of Titania: Rutile, Anatase, and Brookite. Robert J. Lauf. Color photos display common titanium dioxide minerals—rutile, anatase, and brookite—along with a variety of inter- esting mineralogical phenomena. The informative text lists the classic localities for these popular minerals and describes both their fascinating diversity of forms and such phenomena as oriented growth, twinning, and pseudomorphism. • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279 mm) • 107 color photos • 96 pp. • 978-0-7643-3268-5 • PB • $19.99 Collector’s Guide to the Tourmaline Group Robert J. Lauf. More than 120 photos show each tourmaline mineral in its geological context. The text explains the chemistry and taxonomy of the group and the environment in which tourmalines form, and provides a detailed entry for each mineral, including locality information and full color photos showing good spec- imens and which minerals are associated with them. • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279mm) • 129 color & 1 b/w photos • 96 pp. • 978-0-7643-3775-8 • PB • $19.99 Collector’s Guide to the Vesuvianite Group Robert J. Lauf. More than 90 full color photos of vesu- vianite show what good specimens look like and what minerals one might expect to find associated with vesuvianites. Detailed text explains the chemistry and taxonomy, discusses ongoing research into problems such as color, structure, and optically anomalous crys- tals, and important localities. • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279 mm) •97 color photos, 4 illus. •96pp. •978-0-7643-3215- 9 • PB • $19.99 Collector’s Guide to the Zeolite Group Robert J. Lauf. Learn how zeolite minerals are formed and the conditions that create these beautiful crystals. It covers the chemistry, structure, and taxonomy of the zeolite group minerals. Detailed entries for each mineral pro- vide locality information and full color photos that show what good specimens look like and which minerals are found with them. • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279 mm) • 250 color photos•112pp. •978-0-7643-4675-0•PB•$19.99 Gems & Minerals Dr. Andreas Landmann. Gems & Minerals. Dr. Andreas Landmann. More than 150 photos with descriptions provide an overview of min- erals from all parts of the world and relate how min- erals originate, how they are found, and what significance they had in ancient times. Learn to identify the stones, including quartz, feldspar, beryl, tourmaline, corundum, diamond, garnet, spinel, fluorite, precious metals, and more. • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279mm) • 166 color photos • 180 pp. • 978-0-7643-3066-7 • HC • $29.99 Introduction to Radioactive Minerals Robert J. Lauf. A systematic overview of the mineralogy of ura- nium and thorium, generously illustrated with nearly 200 color photos and electron micrographs of repre- sentative specimens. It covers the history of the dis- covery of radioactive elements, the geochemical conditions that produce significant deposits of miner- als, and their major occurrences arranged geographi- cally. • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279 mm) • 196 color & b/w photos • 144 pp. • 978-0-7643-2912-8 • PB • $30.00 Mineral Treasures of the Ozarks Bruce L. Stinchomb. More than 500 images represent the collectible min- erals of the western Ozarks tristate district and Mis- souri’s Viburnum Trend. Barite and fluorite, as well as a variety of copper, cobalt, nickel, and iron minerals grace the pages of this book, as do various forms of calcite and quartz. The text explores the mineral local- ities and depositions found in the Ozarks. • 81/2" x 11" (215x279mm) •521color photos•160pp. •978-0-7643- 4715-3 • PB • $29.99 Mineralogy of Uranium and Thorium Robert J. Lauf. Mineralogy of Uranium and Thorium. Robert J. Lauf. Learn about the chemistry, structure, and taxon- omy of uranium and thorium minerals and the import- ant uranium deposits around the world. More than 600 images show examples of good specimens and the minerals found with them, and a web link allows readers to view the crystal structures in three dimensions. • 81/2" x 11" (215 x 279mm) •656 color images •352pp. •978-0-7643-5113-6•HC•$59.99 Stromatolites: Ancient, Beautiful, and Earth-Al- tering Bob Leis, Bruce L. Stinchcomb, and Illustrations by Terry McKee. A look at 3.5 billion years of stromat- olites—structures produced by primitive life forms living over vast spans of geologic time. Stromatolites and cyanobacteria were responsible not only for fossils, but for the introduction of free oxygen into the planet’s atmosphere. A non-technical account, along with 636 images. • 81/2" x 11" (215 x 279mm) •636 color photos • 176 pp. • 978-0-7643-4897-6 • PB • $29.99 The World of Fluorescent Minerals Stuart Schnei- der. A sweeping survey of the fluorescent minerals of the world shown both in daylight and under ultraviolet light. Written for the collector and the merely curious, this pictorial reference will capture your attention with its 825 color photos and informative text. It is an es- sential source for enjoying and identifying fluorescent minerals • 81/2"x11" (215x279mm) •825 color photos • 176 pp. • 978-0-7643-2544-1 • PB • $29.95 Maryland’s Geology Martin F. Schmidt. Explains geological processes and how they created Maryland’s beautiful land forms, including sandy beaches, flat fields of the Coastal Plain, rolling hills and tumbling rivers, and mountainous terrain in the west. Describes patterns of settlement, farming, mining, manufacturing, and trans- portation that are results of the unique underlying struc- tures. Diagrams and maps clarify the text. • 6" x 9" (152 x 228mm) • 55 diagrams &15maps • 176 pp. • 978-0-7643- 3593-8 • PB • $24.99 Meteorites Bruce L. Stinchcomb. Meteorites. Bruce L. Stinchcomb. Insight into these interesting and infor- mative collectibles from “out of this world.” Meteorites link back to the early stages of the Milky Way galaxy. Readers can explore metallic, stony-iron, and stony meteorites, meteorite falls, Northwest Africa meteorites, and rare meteorites. • 81/2" x 11" (215 x 279mm) •511 color photos•160pp. •978-0-7643-3728-4•PB•$29.99 Falvey’s Guide to Fishing Long Island Kevin Falvey. The most comprehensive how-to/where-to fishing book you’ll find, focusing on New York’s popular saltwater species and the tactics, tackle, rigging, lures, and baits used to target them. Includes secret tricks of the trade; custom-marked charts detailing hots pots in Long Island’s sounds, bays, and ocean; species-by-species “crib sheets”; and an illustrated knot tying guide. • 6" x 9" (152 x 228 mm) • 117 b/w images • 232 pp. • 978-0-9787278-2-6 • PB • $19.99 GEOLOGY METEORITES HUNTING, FISHING & THE OUTDOORS 116 | GEMS & MINERALS • GEOLOGY • METERITES • HUNTING BACKLIST