Rocks & Minerals Books

Last updated: December 31, 2011

1. Salt: A World History by Mark Kurlansky Published: January 28, 2003 Score: 4.17
2. Collecting Rocks, Gems & Minerals: Easy Identification - Values - Lapidary Uses by Patti Polk Published: May 13, 2010 Score: 1.38
3. Smithsonian Handbooks: Rocks & Minerals (Smithsonian Handbooks) by Chris Pellant Published: September 1, 2002 Score: 1.37
4. Smithsonian Handbooks: Gemstones by Cally Hall Published: May 15, 2002 Score: 0.96
5. The Jeweler's Directory of Gemstones: A Complete Guide to Appraising and Using Precious Stones From Cut and Color to Shape and Settings by Judith Crowe Published: October 9, 2006 Score: 0.63
6. Rocks and Minerals (Dk Pocket Nature) by Monica Price Published: March 3, 2005 Score: 0.57
7. How to Buy a Diamond: Insider Secrets for Getting Your Money's Worth (4th Edition) by Fred Cuellar Published: September 1, 2002 Score: 0.54
8. Written in Stone by Brian Switek Published: July 1, 2011 Score: 0.48
9. Healing Crystals and Gemstones: From Amethyst to Zircon by Flora Peschek-Bohmer, Gisela Schreiber and Sibylle Dausien Published: November 1, 2004 Score: 0.42
10. Gem Trails of Oregon by Garret Romaine Published: January 22, 2009 Score: 0.33
11. National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Rocks and Minerals (National Audubon Society Field Guides) by Charles Wesley Chesterman Published: May 12, 1979 Score: 0.31
12. Coal: A Human History by Barbara Freese and Shelly Frasier Published: May 1, 2003 Score: 0.28
13. Gemstone Buying Guide, Second Edition: How to Evaluate, Identify, Select & Care for Colored Gems by Renee Newman and Ren'e Newman Published: October 1, 2003 Score: 0.23
14. A Grain of Sand: Nature's Secret Wonder by Dr. Gary Greenberg and Stacy Keach Published: April 15, 2008 Score: 0.21
15. Rock and Gem by Ra Bonewitz Published: February 4, 2008 Score: 0.21
16. Jewels: A Secret History by Victoria Finlay Published: August 14, 2007 Score: 0.2
17. Gemstones of the World: Newly Revised & Expanded Fourth Edition by Walter Schumann Published: December 1, 2009 Score: 0.19
18. Dirt: The Ecstatic Skin of the Earth by William Bryant Logan Published: January 17, 2007 Score: 0.16
19. Beach Stones by Josie Iselin and Margaret Carruthers Published: May 1, 2006 Score: 0.15
20. A Field Guide to Rocks and Minerals (Peterson Field Guides) by Frederick H. Pough, Roger Tory Peterson and Jeffrey Scovil Published: January 15, 1998 Score: 0.13
21. Simon & Schuster's Guide to Rocks & Minerals by Martin Prinz, George Harlow and Joseph Peters Published: November 15, 1978 Score: 0.13
22. Let's Go Rock Collecting (Let'S-Read-And-Find... Science. Stage 2) by Roma Gans and Holly Keller Published: April 11, 1997 Score: 0.13
23. Gemstones of the World, Revised Edition by Walter Schumann Published: October 1, 2000 Score: 0.11
24. Rocks from Space: Meteorites and Meteorite Hunters by O. Richard Norton and Dorothy S. Norton Published: May 1, 1994 Score: 0.11
25. Principles of Sedimentology and Stratigraphy (3rd Edition) by Sam Boggs Published: December 15, 2000 Score: 0.11