SANTA LUCIA ROCKHOUNDS LIBRARY
SUBJECT CATALOG
AGATE
AGT
Brzys, Karen
Agates inside out. Gitche Gumee Agate & History Museum, 2010.
AGT
Carlson, Michael R.
The beauty of banded agates. Fortification Press, 2002.
AGT
Gibbs, Ron
Agates and jaspers. Theimage.com, 2009.
AGT
Shaub, Benjamin Martin
The origin of agates, thundereggs, Bruneau jasper, septaria and
butterfly agates. Agate Publishing Co., 1989.
AGATE – GREAT BRITAIN
AGT-GB
MacPherson, H.G.
Agates. Natural History Museum, London, 1993.
AGATE - MONTANA
AGT-MONT
Harmon, Tom
The river runs north: a story of Montana moss agate. Cheryl & Tom
Harmon, 2000.
AGATE – NORTH AMERICA
AGT-NA
The agates of North America. Lapidary Journal, 1961.
AGATE – SOUTH DAKOTA
AGT-SDK
Clark, Roger
Fairburn agate: gem of South Dakota. Silverwind Agates, 2002.
AMBER
AMB
Dahlstrom, Ake and Leif Brost
The amber book. Geoscience Press, 1996.
AMB
Ross, John F.
Amber is forever. Smithsonian Magazine 1993. Pamphlet
ARCHAEOLOGY
ARCH
Breschini, Gary S.
The Esselen Indians of the Big Sur Country. Coyote Press, 2004.
ARCH
Johanson, Donald C.
Lucy: the beginnings of humankind. Simon & Schuster, 1981.
ARCH
Minshall, Herbert L.
Buchanan Canyon: ancient human presence in the Americas. Slawson
Communications, 1989.
ARCHAEOLOGY – ART & ARTIFACTS
ARCH-ART
Barnett, Franklin
Dictionary of prehistoric Indian artifacts of the American Southwest.
Northland, 1973.
ARCH-ART
Chauvet, Jean-Marie
Dawn of art: the Chauvet Cave. Harry N. Abrams, 1996.
ARCH-ART
Woods, Ellen
American Indian artifacts. Seven Locks, 1997.
ARCH-ART
Yeager, C. G.
Arrowheads and stone artifacts. Pruett, 1986.
ARCHAEOLOGY - MINING
ARCH-MNG
Heizer, Robert F.
Mines and quarries of the Indians of California. California Division
Of Mines, July 1944.
BEADS
BEAD
Anderson, Mel
The basics of bead stringing. Borjay, 1985. Pamphlet.
BEAD
Coles, Janet
The book of beads. Simon & Schuster, 1990.
BEAD
Dubin, Lois Sherr
The history of beads. Concise editon. Harry N. Abrams, 1995.
BEAD
Filstrup, Chris
Beadazzled: the story of beads. Frederick Warne, 1982.
BENITOITE
BEN
Laurs, Brendan M.
Benitoite from the New Idria District, San Benito County, California.
Gems & Gemology, Vol. 33, No. 3. GIA, 1997
BICONOIDS
BIC
Crippen, R. A.
Unusual concretions from Templeton, San Luis Obispo County,
California. CA Journal of Mines & Geology, July 1948. Pamphlet.
BIC
The mystery of the flower blossom geodes. Gems & Minerals, July 1962.
Pamphlet
BORAX
BORX
American Association of University Women, Searles Lake Branch
Searles Valley story. Burck’s Printing, 1975.
BORX
Borax for a fact: Men and Mules of U.S. Borax. 1978. Pamphlet
BORX
U.S. Borax
The story of borax. 1974.
CAVES AND CAVERNS
CAVE
Cahill, Tim
Charting the splendors of Lechuguilla Cave. National Geographic
Magazine, Mar. 1991. Pamphlet
CAVE
Jackson, Donald Dale
Underground worlds. Time-Life, 1982.
CAVE
Tufts, Randy
Kartchner Caverns, Arizona’s newest state park. Arizona Highways
Magazine, Mar. 1989. Pamphlet
CRYSTALS
CRYS
Color treasury of crystals. Crescent Books, 1967.
CRYS
Creeping crystals. Photocopy. Pamphlet.
CRYS
Crystals. Orbis, 1975.
CRYS
Grow your own sugar crystals. Photocopy. Pamphlet
CRYS
Growing crystals. Photocopy. Pamphlet
CRYS
Have you ever tasted one of these? Photocopy. Pamphlet
CRYS
King, Vandall T., ed.
Nature’s garden of crystals. Newryqs Press, 2011.
DIAMONDS
DIAM
Cockburn, Andrew
Diamonds: the real story. National Geographic, Mar. 2002.
DIAM
Diamonds: myth, magic and reality. New rev. ed. Bonanza, 1980.
DIAM
Frolick, Vernon
Fire into ice: Charles Fipke and the great diamond hunt. Raincoast,
1999.
DINOSAURS
DINO
Aliki
Digging up dinosaurs. Thomas Y. Crowell, 1981.
DINO
Booth, Jerry
The big beast book: dinosaurs and how they got that way. Little, Brown,
and Co., 1988.
DINO
Gore, Rick
Dinosaurs. National Geographic Magazine, Jan. 1993. Pamphlet
DINO
Hilton, Richard P.
Dinosaurs and other Mesozoic reptiles of California. Univ. of
California Press, 2003.
DINO
Horner, John R.
The complete T. Rex. Simon & Schuster, 1993.
DINO
Norman, David
Dinosaur. Knopf, 1989. Eyewitness Books.
DINO
Novacek, Michael
Dinosaurs of the Flaming Cliffs. Doubleday, 1996.
DINO
Stout, William
The dinosaurs. Bantam, 1981.
DINO
The Thunder lizards. Natural History Magazine. Dec. 1991. Pamphlet
DINO
Wallace, Joseph
The American Museum of Natural History’s book of dinosaurs…
Simon & Schuster, 1994.
DINO
Wilford, John Noble
The riddle of the dinosaur. Knopf, 1986.
FOSSILS
FOS
Arduini, Paolo
Simon & Schuster’s guide to fossils. Simon & Schuster, 1986.
FOS
Barghoorn, Elso S.
The oldest fossils. Scientific American, May 1971. Pamphlet
FOS
Cocke, Joe
Fossil shark teeth of the world. Lamna, 2002.
FOS
Larson, Neal L.
Ammonites and the other cephalopods of the Pierre Seaway:
identification guide. Geoscience Press, 1997. Addendum 1999.
FOS
Novacek, Michael
Time traveler. Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 2002.
FOS
Rhodes, Frank H. T.
Fossils. Golden Press, 1962.
FOS
Taylor, Paul D.
Fossil. Knopf, 1990, Eyewitness Books.
FOS
Walker, Cyril
The Eyewitness handbook of fossils. First American edition. Dorling
Kindersley, 1992.
FOS
Wendt, Herbert
Before the deluge. Doubleday, 1968.
FOSSILS - CALIFORNIA
FOS-CA
Schenck, Hubert G. and A. Myra Keen
California fossils for the field geologist. Stanford Univ. Press, n.d.
FOSSILS – NORTH AMERICA
FOS-NA
Thompson, Ida
The Audubon Society field guide to North American fossils. 7th printing.
Knopf, 1992.
FOS-NA
Tidwell, William D.
Common fossil plants of Western North America. 2nd ed.
Smithsonian Institution Press, 1998.
GUIDEBOOKS - CALIFORNIA
GBK-CA
Butler, Gail
Rockhounding California. Falcon, 1995.
GBK-CA
Mitchell, James R.
Gem trails of Northern California. Gem Guides, 1995.
GUIDEBOOKS – IDAHO
GBK-IDA
Beckwith, John A.
Gem minerals of Idaho. Caxton, 1972.
GUIDEBOOKS – MIDWEST
GBK-MWST
Zeitner, June Culp
Midwest gem, fossil and mineral trails: Great Lakes states. Gem
Guides, 1999.
GBK-MWST
Zeitner, June Culp
Midwest gem, fossil and mineral trails: Prairie States. Gem Guides,
1998. Rev. ed.
GUIDEBOOKS – NEVADA
GBK-NEV
Mitchell, James R.
Gem trails of Nevada. Gem Guides, 1991.
GUIDE BOOKS – NEW MEXICO
GBK-NM
Crow, Melinda
The rockhound’s guide to New Mexico. Falcon, 1995
GUIDE BOOKS – UNITED STATES
GBK-US
MacFall, Russell P.
Gem hunter’s guide. 4th rev. ed. Crowell, 1969.
GUIDE BOOKS – THE WEST
GBK-WST
Monaco, James Martin
Fee mining and rockhounding adventures in the West. Gem Guides,
2007.
GEMS
GEMS
Arem, Joel E.
Color encyclopedia of gemstones. Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1977.
GEMS
Arem, Joel E.
Gems and jewelry. Grosset & Dunlap, 1975.
GEMS
Bauer, Max
Precious stones. Dover, 1904, 1968. Vol. 1.
GEMS
Bauer, Max
Precious stones. Dover, 1904, 1968. Vol. 2.
GEMS
Cavey, Christopher
Gems & jewels: fact and fable. Wellfleet, 1992.
GEMS
Desautels, Paul E.
The gem kingdom. Random House, 1970.
GEMS
Desautels, Paul E.
Gems in the Smithsonian. Smithsonian Institution Press, 1972.
GEMS
Schumann, Walter
Gemstones of the world. Sterling, 1977.
GEMS
Smith, G. F. Herbert
Gemstones. 14th ed., rev. by F. C. Phillips. Pitman, 1972.
GEMS
Ward, Fred
Emeralds. National Geographic Magazine, July 1990. Pamphlet
GEMS - AFRICA
GEMS-AFR
Keller, Peter C.
Gemstones of East Africa. Geoscience Press, 1992.
GEOLOGY
GEO
Chernicoff, Stanley
Essentials of geology. Worth, 1997.
GEO
Dictionary of geological terms. Doubleday, 1962.
GEO
Dixon, Dougal
The practical geologist. Simon & Schuster, 1992.
GEO
Farndon, John
How the earth works. Reader’s Digest Assn. 1992.
GEO
Kasbeer, Tina
Bibliography of continental drift and plate tectonics. Geological
Society of America. Special Paper 142. 1972.
GEO
Maley, Terry
Field geology illustrated. Mineral Land Publications, 1994.
GEO
Marshak, Stephen
Essentials of geology. 2nd ed. Norton, 2007
GEO
Miller, Russell
Continents in collision. Time-Life, 1983.
GEO
Natural disasters. Readers Digest, 1996
GEO
Pakiser, Louis C.
Earthquakes. USGS, 1989. Pamphlet
GEO
Plummer, Charles C.
Physical geology. 10th ed. McGraw-Hill, 2005
GEO
The severity of an earthquake.
USGS, 1986. Pamphlet
GEO
Tarbuck, Edward J.
Earth: an introduction to physical geology. 5th ed. Prentice-Hall, 1996.
GEO
Walker, Bryce
Earthquake. Time-Life, 1982.
GEOLOGY - CALIFORNIA
GEO-CA
Alt, David D.
Roadside geology of Northern California. Mountain Press, 1975.
GEO-CA
Bailey, Edgar H.
Franciscan and related rocks, and their significance in the geology
of Western California. DMG, 1964. Bulletin 183.
GEO-CA
Bassett, Allen M.
A geologic reconnaissance in the Southeastern Mojave Desert,
California. DMG Special Report #83, 1964.
GEO-CA
Campion, L. F.
Resource investigation of low- and moderate-temperature geothermal
areas in Paso Robles, California. DMG, 1982.
GEO-CA
Canby, Thomas Y.
Earthquake! Prelude to the Big One? National Geographic
Magazine, May 1990.
GEO-CA
Chipping, David H.
The geology of San Luis Obispo County. 1987.
GEO-CA
Fowkes, E. J.
An educational guidebook to the geologic resources of the Coalinga
District, California. West Hills College, 1982.
GEO-CA
Hart, Earl W.
Fault-rupture hazard zones in California. CA DMG 1990. Pamphlet.
GEO-CA
Hill, Mary
Geology of the Sierra Nevada. University of California Press, 1975.
GEO-CA
Hinds, Norman E. A.
Evolution of the California landscape. CA DMG, 1952.
GEO-CA
Hough, Susan Elizabeth
Finding fault in California. Mountain Press, 2004.
GEO-CA
Hsu, K. Jinghwa
Preliminary report and geologic guide to Franciscan mélanges of the
Morro Bay-San Simeon area, California. CA DMG, 1969. Pamphlet.
GEO-CA
Jennings, Charles W.
Geology of Southern California: Ventura Basin. Division of Mines,
1954.
GEO-CA
Lessons learned from the Loma Prieta, California, earthquake of Oct. 17, 1989.
USGS, 1989. Pamphlet
GEO-CA
McPhee, John
Assembling California. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1993.
GEO-CA
Schulz, Sandra S.
The San Andreas Fault. U.S.G.S. 1989. Pamphlet
GEO-CA
Sharp, Robert P.
Geology underfoot in Death Valley and Owens Valley. Mountain Press,
1997.
GEO-CA
Wright, Lauren A.
Geology of Southern California: Western Mojave Desert and Death
Valley region. Division of Mines, Bulletin 170. 1954.
GEOLOGY – GLACIERS
GEO-GLAC
Matthews, Samuel W.
Ice on the world. National Geographic Magazine, Jan. 1987. Pamphlet
GEOLOGY - HISTORICAL
GEO-HIST
Dietz, Robert S.
The breakup of Pangaea. Scientific American, October 1970. Pamphlet
GEO-HIST
Doumani, George
The ancient life of the Antarctic. W.H. Freeman, 1962. Pamphlet.
GEO-HIST
Geology of Southern California: Historical geology. Division of Mines, 1954.
GEO-HIST
Glaessner, Martin F.
Pre-Cambrian animals. W.H. Freeman, 1961. Pamphlet
GEO-HIST
Lessem, Don
The Burgess Shale. Smithsonian Magazine, Jan. 1993. Pamphlet
GEO-HIST
Newman, William L.
Geologic time. USGS. Pamphlet
GEO-HIST
Palmer, Douglas
Atlas of the prehistoric world. Discovery, 1999.
GEO-HIST
Spencer, Edgar Winston
Basic concepts of historical geology. Thomas Y. Crowell, 1962.
GEOLOGY - HAWAII
GEO-HW
MacDonald, Gordon Andrew
Volcanoes in the sea. University of Hawaii Press, 1983. 2 nd ed.
GEOLOGY - NEVADA
GEO-NEV
Orndorff, Richard L.
Geology underfoot in Central Nevada. Mountain Press, 2001.
GEOLOGY – UNITED STATES
GEO-US
Harris, Ann G.
Geology of national parks. Kendall/Hunt, 1975.
GEOLOGY - UTAH
GEO-UT
Good, John M.
The dinosaur quarry, Dinosaur National Monument. National Park
Service, 1958.
GEO-UT
Untermann, G. E.
Geology of Dinosaur National Monument and vicinity. Utah Geological
and Mineralogical Survey, 1954.
GEOLOGY – VOLCANOES
GEO-VOL
Decker, Robert
Volcanoes in America’s national parks. Airphoto International, 2001
GEO-VOL
Grove, Noel
Volcanoes: crucibles of creation. National Geographic Magazine,
Dec. 1992. Pamphlet
GEO-VOL
Harris, Stephen L.
Fire & ice: the Cascade volcanoes. Rev. ed. Mountaineers,198
GEO-VOL
Mount St. Helen’s: mountain with a death wish. National Geographic Magazine,
January 1981. Pamphlet
GEOLOGY – THE WEST
GEO-WST
McPhee, John
Basin and range. Farrar, Straus, Biroux, 1980, 1981.
GEODES
GEODE
Cross, Brad L. and June Culp Zeitner
Geodes: nature’s treasures. Gem Guides, 2006.
GOLD
GOLD
Gold Information Center
Man and his gold. 1984.
GOLD - MINING
GOLD-MNG
Bond, Marshall, Jr.
Gold hunter: the adventures of Marshall Bond. Univ. of New Mexico
Press, 1969.
GOLD-MNG
Gardner, Erle Stanley
Hunting lost mines by helicopter. Morrow, 1965.
GOLD-MNG
Harris, Bruce W.
Gold miner’s handbook. Keene Engineering Co., 1993.
GOLD-MNG
Heylmun, Edgar B.
Los Burros Placers, California. California Mining Journal, January 1989.
GOLD-MNG
Morrison, Tom
Hardrock gold: a miner’s tale. University of Oklahoma, 1992.
GOLD-MNG
Wagner, Jack R.
Gold mines of California. Howell-North, 1970.
GOLD - PROSPECTING
GOLD-PROS
Black, Jack
Gold prospector’s handbook. Gem Guides, 1987.
GOLD-PROS
Bryant, Tom
The modern goldseeker’s manual. Bedrock Supply, 1990.
GOLD-PROS
Harder, Emmett
These canyons are full of ghosts: the last of the Death Valley
prospectors. Real Adventure, 2001.
GOLD-PROS
Klein, James
Where to find gold in the desert. Gem Guides, 1994.
GOLD-PROS
Lagal, Roy
Modern electronic prospecting. Ram, 1988.
GOLD-PROS
Osborn, H. S.
The prospector’s field book and guide. Lost Technology Series, 1901,
1987.
JADE
JDE
Hanna, Neil
Pounamu: New Zealand jade. Jadepress, 1995.
JDE
Jade in California. Pages of History. Pamphlet
JDE
Ward, Fred.
Jade. Gem Book, 1996.
JDE
Ward, Fred
Jade. Rev. ed. Gem Book, 2001.
JDE
Ward, Fred
Jade. National Geographic Magazine, Sept 1987. Pamphlet
JDE
Wobber, Don
Jade beneath the sea. Boxwood, 1995
JDE
Dupras, Donald L.
California jade: the geologic story of nature’s masterpiece.
JEWELRY
JEWL
Aldred, Cyril
Jewels of the pharaohs: Egyptian jewelry of the Dynastic Period.
Abridged. Ballantine, 1978.
JEWL
Austin, Richard D.
How to design jewelry. Gem Guides, 1987. Pamphlet.
JEWL
Bovin, Murray
Jewlery making for schools, tradesmen, craftsmen. Murray Bovin, 1967.
JEWL
Branson, Oscar T.
Indian jewelry making. Vol. 1. Treasure Chest, 1977.
JEWL
Branson, Oscar T.
Indian jewelry making. Vol. 2. Treasure Chest, 1979.
JEWL
Collum, Lurlene
Bead and pearl jewelry. Pamphlet.
JEWL
Cornelius, Randall
Gold wire jewelry: design and construction. Professional Instant
Printing, 1984.
JEWL
Coyne, John
The Penland School of Crafts book of jewelry making. Bobbs-Merrill,
1975.
JEWL
Curran, Mona
A treasury of jewels and gems. Emerson, 1982.
JEWL
Fregnac, Claude
Jewelry from the Renaissance to Art Nouveau. Octopus, 1965.
JEWL
French, Bernada
Jewelry craft made easy. Gem Guides, 1976. Pamphlet.
JEWL
Gentille, Thomas
Step-by-step jewelry. Golden Press, 1968.
JEWL
Hardy, R. Allen
The jewelry repair manual. 2nd ed. Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1967.
JEWL
Heiniger, Ernst A.
The great book of jewels. Edita S.A., 1974.
JEWL
Hornstein, Leon
A modern method of creating filigree jewelry. Pamphlet
JEWL
Jacka, Lois Essary
Navajo jewelry: a legacy of silver and stone. Northland, 1995.
JEWL
Jarvis, Charles A.
Jewelry manufacture and repair. Bonanza Books, 1978.
JEWL
Jenkins, Fern
How to make wire jewelry. Gem Guides, 1979.
JEWL
Joachim, E. E.
Jewelry making step by step for amateur craftsmen. Precision
Press, 1967.
JEWL
Nowosad, Shirley
Pearls: fun and fancy. Cunninghar Art Products, 1971. Pamphlet
JEWL
Ward, Fred
Gem care. Gem Books, 1995. Pamphlet
KNAPPING
KNAP
Patten, Bob
Old tools – new eyes: a primal primer of Flintknapping. Stone Dagger,
1999.
KNAP
Waldorf, D. C.
The art of flint knapping. 4th ed. Mound Builder Books, 1993.
KNAP
Whittaker, John C.
Flintknapping: making and understanding stone tools. Univ. of Texas,
1994.
LAPIDARY
LAP
Carroll, Bev
Gem stone tree & picture creations. Hugh Carroll, 1981. Pamphlet
LAP
Dake, H. C.
The art of gem cutting. 7th ed. Gembook, 1963.
LAP
Gem cutting shop helps. Lapidary Journal, 1964.
LAP
Kraus, Pansy D.
Introduction to lapidary. Chilton, 1987.
LAP
O’Brien, Dan
How to cut gems. Harman Press, 1953.
LAP
Quick, Lelande
Gemcraft: how to cut and polish gemstones. 2nd ed. Chilton, 1977.
LAP
Riggle, Arthur
How to use diamond abrasives to cut gemstones. Gem Guides, 1996.
LAP
Sinkankas, John
Gem cutting: a lapidary’s manual. Van Nostrand, 1955.
LAP
Sinkankas, John
Gem cutting: a lapidary’s manual. 2nd ed. Van Nostrand, 1962.
LAP
Walter, Martin
Gem cutting is easy. Crown, 1972.
LAP
Zeitner, June Culp
Gem and lapidary materials. Geoscience 1996
LAPIDARY - CABOCHONS
LAP-CAB
Cox, Jack R.
Advanced cabochon cutting. Gem Guides, 1986.
LAP-CAB
Cox, Jack R.
Cabochon cutting. Gembooks, 1970. Pamphlet.
LAP-CAB
Cox, Jack R.
So you want to cut gem stones! 3rd ed. Covington, 1969. Pamphlet
LAP-CAB
Cunningham, J. Lester
A check list of cabochon gem materials and their lapidary features.
2nd ed. Gembooks, 1965. Pamphlet
LAP-CAB
Ferguson, Robert W.
Artistry in cabochons. Gembooks, 1976.
LAP-CAB
Harmon, Tom and Jim
The how-to’ of cabbing and carving Montana agate and other
chalcedonys. Cheryl and Tom Harmon, 2005
LAP-CAB
Morris, Ed.
Cabochons: championship style.
LAPIDARY - CARVING
LAP-CRV
Kennedy, Gordon S.
The fundamentals of gemstone carving. Lapidary Journal, 1967.
LAP-CRV
Walter, Martin
Gemstone carving. Chilton, 1977.
LAP-CRV
Gem Carvers Guild of America, Inc.
Handbook. Vol. 1. 1979. Pamphlet
LAP-CRV
Gem Carvers Guild of America, Inc.
Handbook. Vol. 2. 1979.
LAP-CRV
Wertz, Ed.
Handbook of gemstone carving. Gembooks, 1968.
LAPIDARY - FACETING
LAP-FAC
Soukup, Edward J.
Facet cutters handbook. Gems & Minerals, 1959.
LAP-FAC
Soukup, Edward J.
Facet cutters handbook. Gem Guides, 1986. Pamphlet
LAP-FAC
Vargas, Glenn
Faceting for amateurs. Desert Printers, 1969.
LAPIDARY – INTARSIA
LAP-INT
Grundke, Conrad
Intarsia: instructional manual. Collection of published articles.
LAPIDARY - TUMBLING
LAP-TUMB
Smith, Edward E.
The complete guide book about how to tumble polish rocks into gems.
Secrets of the Pros, 3rd ed. 2005.
METALWORK
METL
Choate, Sharr
Creative gold- and silversmithing. Crown, 1970.
METL
Garrison, William E.
Casting gemstones in place. 1972. Pamphlet.
METL
McCreight, Tim
The complete metalsmith. Rev. Ed. Davis, 1991.
METL
McCreight, Tim
Practical casting: a studio reference. Rev. Ed. Brynmorgen, 1994.
METL
McCreight, Tim
Working with precious metal clay. Brynmorgen, 2000.
METL
Sopcak, James E.
Handbook of lost wax or investment casting. Gem Guides, 1986.
METL
Untracht, Oppi
Enameling on metal. Chilton, 1957.
METALWORK - GOLD
METL-GOLD
Snowman, A. Kenneth
Carl Faberge: goldsmith to the Imperial Court of Russia. Greenwich
House, 1979.
METALWORK - SILVER
METL-SIL
Hunt, W. Ben
Indian silversmithing. Collier, 1960.
METL-SIL
Wright, Margaret Nickelson
Hopi silver. Northland, 1989.
MINES AND MINING
MNG
Cheek, Lawrence W.
A place called Bisbee. Arizona Highways Magazine, Feb.1989.
Pamphlet
MNG
Florin, Lambert
Ghost town El Dorado. Bonanza, 1968.
MNG
Florin, Lambert
Ghost towns of the West. Promontory Press, 1971.
MNG
How to find hidden mineral deposits. 3rd ed. 1983.
MNG
Lore & legend: ghost towns & lost mines. Arizona Highways, March 1985.
Pamphlet.
MNG
Miller, Ronald Dean
Mines of the Mojave. La Siesta Press, 1976.
MNG
Nadeau, Remi
Ghost towns and mining camps of California. Ward Ritchie Press, 1965.
MNG
Reinstedt, Randall A.
Monterey’s mother lode. Ghost Town Publications, 1977.
MGN
Rynerson, Fred
Exploring and mining gems & gold in the West. Naturegraph, 1967.
MNG
Temple, John
Mining: an international history. Praeger, 1972.
MNG
Watson, James
Big bad Bodie: High Sierra ghost town. Robert D. Reed, Rev. 2002
METEORITES
MTR
Carion, Alain
Meteorites. 3rd ed. Alain Carion, 2009.
MTR
Cokinos, Christopher
The fallen sky: an intimate history of shooting stars. Penguin, 2009.
MTR
Norton, O. Richard
Rocks from space. Mountain Press, 1994.
MTR
Notkin, Geoffrey
Meteorite hunting: how to find treasure from space. Aerolite, 2011.
MTR
Reynolds, Mike D.
Falling stars: a guide to meteors & meteorites. Stackpole, 2001.
MTR
Sawyer, Kathy
The rock from Mars: a detective story on two planets. Stackpole 2001.
MTR
Smith, Caroline
Meteorites. Firefly Books, 2009.
OPALS
OPL
Downing, Paul
Opal: advanced cutting & setting. Majestic, 1999.
OPL
Downing, Paul B.
Opal cutting made easy. Rose Printing Co., 1993.
OPL
Ward, Fred
Opals. Gem Books, 1997.
OPALS - AUSTRALIA
OPL-AUS
Downing, Paul B.
Opal adventures. Majestic Gems & Carvings, 1990.
OPL-AUS
Kalokerinos, Archie
Australian precious opal. Thomas Nelson, 1971.
OPL-AUS
O’Leary, Barrie
A field guide to Australian opals. Gemcraft, 1984.
PEARLS
PEARL
Ward, Fred.
The pearl. National Geographic, Aug. 1985. Pamphlet
PETRIFIED WOOD
PET WD
America’s other national park… Arizona Highways, Feb. 1983. Pamphlet
PET WD
Daniels, Frank J.
Petrified wood. Western Colorado Publishing Co., 1998.
PET WD
Dernbach, Ulrich
Ulrich Dernbach’s petrified forests. D’Oro-Verlag, 1996.
PET WD
Hoadley, R. Bruce
Identifying wood. Taunton, 1990.
PET WD
The Petrified Forest. Arizona Highways, July 1986. Pamphlet
PLACES - NEVADA
PLAC-NEV
Wheeler, Sessions S.
Nevada’s Black Rock Desert. Caxton, 1994.
ROCKS AND MINERALS
R&M
Arem, Joel
Rocks and minerals. Bantam, 1973.
R&M
Autissier, Jean-Michel
The world of minerals through postage stamps. World Repertory, 1987.
R&M
Bancroft, Peter
The world’s finest minerals and crystals. Viking, 1973.
R&M
Boegel, Hellmuth
The studio handbook of minerals. Viking, 1971.
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Booth, Basil
Identifying rocks and minerals. Chartwell, 1993.
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Busbey, Arthur B., III
Rocks & fossils. Time-Life, 1996.
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Dana, Edward S.
Dana’s manual of mineralogy. 16th ed. John Wiley & Sons, 1952.
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Desautels, Paul E.
Interaction between light and minerals. Natural History Magazine,
Oct. 1965. Pamphlet
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Desautels, Paul E.
The mineral kingdom. Ridge Press, 1968.
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English, George Letchworth
Getting acquainted with minerals. 1st ed. McGraw-Hill, 1934.
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Ettinger, L. J.
The rockhound and prospector’s bible. 3rd ed. 1992.
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Evans, Eva Knox
Rocks and rock collecting. Golden Press, 1970.
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Gallant, Roy A.
Discovering rocks and minerals. Natural History Press, 1967.
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Hamilton, W.R.
A guide to minerals, rocks and fossils. Crescent, 1974.
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Hamilton, W. R.
The Larousse guide to minerals, rocks and fossils. Larousse, 1974.
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Hurlbut, Cornelius S., Jr.
Minerals and man. Random House, 1970.
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Iselin, Josie
Beach stones. Abrams, 2006.
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Lauf, Robert J.
Collector’s guide to the tourmaline group. Schiffer, 2011.
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MacFall, Russell P.
Collecting rocks, minerals, gems and fossils. Popular Mechanics, 1963.
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McGowen, Tom
Album of rocks and minerals. Checkerboard Press, 1981.
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Moody, Richard
The concise illustrated book of rocks and minerals. Gallery, 1990.
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Pearl, Richard M.
Rocks and minerals. Barnes & Noble, 1956.
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Pough, Frederick H.
A field guide to rocks and minerals. Houghton Mifflin, 1953.
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Rocks, minerals, gems, crystals, fossils.
Chartwell, 1995.
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Rogers, Cedric
Rocks & minerals. Triune, 1973.
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Sanborn, William B.
Handbook of crystal and mineral collecting. Gembooks, 1966. Pamphlet
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Simpson, Brian
Minerals & rocks. Galahad Books, 1974.
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Sinkankas, John
Gemstone & mineral data book. Geoscience, 1988.
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Sinkankas, John
Gemstones and minerals: how and where to find them. D. Van
Nostrand Co., 1961.
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Sinkankas, John
Prospecting for gemstones and minerals. Van Nostrand Reinhold,
1961, 1970. Formerly titles “Gemstones and minerals: how and where to
find them”.
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Smith, Orsino C.
Identification and qualitative chemical analysis of minerals. 2nd ed.
Van Nostrand Co., 1953.
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Symes, R. F.
Crystal & Gem. Eyewitness Books, Knopf, 1991.
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Symes, R. F.
Rocks & minerals. Eyewitness Books, Knopf, 1988.
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Travis, Russell B.
Classification of rocks. Quarterly of the Colorado School of Mines,
Vol. 50, #1, Jan. 1955, 1956.
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Zim, Herbert S.
Rocks and minerals. Golden Press, 1957.
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Zzyzx, Justin
The-Vug.com quarterly magazine: director’s cut. Forty Seven Press,
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ROCKS AND MINERALS - AUSTRALIA
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Dictionary of Australian gemstones.
Summit, 1974.
ROCKS AND MINERALS - CALIFORNIA
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Brown, Vinson
Rocks and minerals of California. Third rev. ed., Naturegraph,1987.
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Estavillo, William
Gems & minerals of California. Renaissance House, 1992. Pamphlet.
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Franke, Herbert A.
Mines and mineral resources of San Luis Obispo County. California
Journal of Mines and Geology. Oct. 1935. Vol. 31 #4. Pamphlet.
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Hart, Earl W.
Mines and mineral resources of Monterey County, California.
County Report 5, California DMG 1966.
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Morgan, Vincent
Minerals of the Kramer Borate District, California. Mineral Information
Service, Pt. 1 and Pt. 2, September-October 1969. Pamphlet
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Murdoch, Joseph
Minerals of California. Division of Mines, 1948.
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Murdoch, Joseph
Minerals of California: Centennial volume (1866-1966). California
Division of Mines and Geology, 1966.
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Ver Planck, William E.
Quartzite in California. California Division of Mines and Geology.
Bulletin 187. 1966.
ROCKS AND MINERALS - FLUORESCENT
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Braun, Edmund A.
Black light creates fascinating fluorescence. 1968.
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Dake, H.C.
The uranium and fluorescent minerals. 3rd ed. Mineralogist, 1953.
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Gleason, Sterling
Ultraviolet guide to minerals. Ultra-violet Products, 1960.
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Jones, Robert W., Jr.
Nature’s hidden rainbows: the fluorescent minerals of Franklin, New
Jersey. UVP, 1970.
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Schneider, Stuart
Collecting fluorescent minerals. Schiffer, 2004.
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Wain, Harry C.
The story of fluorescence. Raytech, 1965.
ROCKS AND MINERALS - MEXICO
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Johnson, Paul Willard
Field guide to the gems and minerals of Mexico. Gembooks, 1965.
ROCKS AND MINERALS – NORTH AMERICA
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Chesterman, Charles W.
The Audubon Society field guide to North American rocks and minerals.
11th printing, 1993. Knopf, 1979.
TURQUOISE
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Branson, Oscar T.
Turquoise: the gem of the centuries. Treasure Chest, 1976.
TUR
Lowry, Joe D.
Turquoise unearthed. Rio Nuevo, 2002.