Over 800 photographs illustrate 700 minerals, gemstones and rocks in their natural and processed forms, including all the main colour varieties.
The guide’s classification by streak colour, hardness and origin is particularly useful for identification.
All key mineralogical properties, as well as their uses and where they are found, are described in detail. There is also information on similar species and how to distinguish them.
Theauthor Rupert Hochleitner has a doctorate in mineralogy. His books on mineral identification have been published in fourteen languages. He was editor-in-chief of the mineral magazine LAPIS for many years. Since 1993, he has been deputy director of the State Mineral Collection in Munich.
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