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Photo Atlas of Minerals DVD - Now Only $19.95 !!!
Version 2.0 DVD-ROM for Windows
by The Gem and Mineral Council Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
DVD-ROM format copyright 2006
Sample screen: Mineral Index
Sample screen: Compound Search
Sample screen: Vanadinite Main Page
Sample screen: Vanadinite Photo Gallery Index
Sample screen: Vanadinite Image
Sample screen: Vanadinite Image
Sample screen: Vanadinite Image
Sample screen: Vanadinite Image
Sample screen: Vanadinite Atomic Structure
Sample screen: Vanadinite Crystal Form
Sample screen: Instructions
Sample screen: Glossary
Sample screen: Identification Game

The Photo-Atlas of Minerals DVD is the most comprehensive mineral reference available. It principle features include:
- Nearly 16,000 high-resolution mineral specimen images
- Mineralogical data for all known mineral species (over 4,100)
- Mineral specimen images from over 3,500 localities
- Users can add their own images
- Comprehensive descriptive mineralogical and crystallographic data
- Audio mineral name pronunciations
- Origins of mineral names
- Mineral name synonyms and varieties
- Searchable by properties, locality, chemistry, etc.
- User controlled crystal form drawings
- User controlled atomic structure drawings
- Includes both Dana & Strunz mineral classifications
- Glossary of mineral terms
- Users can print the mineral images and data
- Generates random and user defined slide shows
- Includes a mineral identification game

System requirements: 600 MHz Pentium 3 processor (1 GHz or faster recommended), 192 MB RAM (512 MB or more recommended), Windows 2000 Professional with SP4 or higher (Windows XP with SP2 or higher recommended), DVD-ROM Drive, Sound Card (for mineral name pronunciations), At least 24-bit color and 1024 x 768 resolution, Mouse or similar pointing device, 5 GB free HD space recommended. Note: Vista users may have installation problems.

Within the pages of The Beauty of Banded Agates you will find over 260 exquisite color photographs of some of the most colorful, intricately patterned and desirable banded agates in the world. You will explore the unique qualities and collecting histories of agates from eight major worldwide localities including Botswana, Brazilian, Condor, Dryhead, Fairburn, Lake Superior, Mexican and Queensland agates.

Along the way you will be introduced the key people involved in their recovery and production. You will also learn about many of the characteristics of the agates themselves in this beautifully and lavishly illustrated work. Readers will share in the collecting passion, and marvel at some of the Earth's most amazing treasures.

Chapters include: About Agates, Agate Quality, Characteristics of Banded Agates, Lapidary, Botswana Agate, Brazilian Agate, Condor Agate, Dryhead Agate, Fairburn Agate, Lake Superior Agate, Mexican Agate, Queensland Agate, Other Banded Agates, and Conclusion. Also included is a glossary and a comprehensive list of references and further readings citing over 40 sources of agate related literature.

This highly recommended, coffee table class book is a must-have reference for the library of any agate fancier or connoisseur. The Beauty of Banded Agates will provide many hours of pleasurable browsing repeatedly punctuated with "Wow, look at this one honey...".

Eyewitness Crystal and Gem

Falling Stars presents a straightforward and practical guide to all aspects of meteors and meteorites including meteor and meteorite origins, meteor watching, meteor showers, meteorite falls and finds, meteorite craters, meteorite classification, tektites, collecting and preserving meteorites, meteorite verification laboratories, meteorite organizations, meteorite museums, meteorite dealers and more.

Written by an authority who has authored many scientific papers in the fields of astronomy and planetary science, Falling Stars provides a comprehensible introduction and primer for understanding, observing, collecting and appreciating meteors and meteorites.

National Audubon Society Field Guide To Rocks And Minerals

In Geodes two renowned experts share their lifelong passion for geodes and their extensive knowledge of world-class geode deposits as they present the latest theories on the formation and occurrence of these amazing mineral gifts of nature.

Visit the geode mines on Northern Mexico and Southern Brazil with Brad Cross. Learn the geode mining process and how the astonishing treasures inside are uncovered. Travel with June Culp Zeitner as she explores vast geode deposits throughout the Midwestern United States that provide a recorded history of the ancient seas that once covered the land. Discover Florida's ocean harvest of unparallel agatized geodes. Meet the close cousins of geodes - thundereggs, septarians and concretions.

Geodes is illustrated with over 140 full-color photos of geodes that defy description! It is the most comprehensive book ever written on geodes of the America's - a definitive reference for serious collectors and a delightful mineral explorations for both experts and novices. If you are interested in geodes and how they came to be this book is a must have addition to your personal library of rock and mineral references.

Crystals - Have you ever wondered how they got that way? Would you like to duplicate the processes of nature and grow your own? Now you can!

Grow Your Own Crystals is written in a clear and easy to understand style. The author takes you step by step through the process so that you can grow your very own crystals virtually indistinguishable from nature's. On the way you will learn what makes crystals grow and how they do it. You will experience the magic and mystery of recreating one of nature's most fascinating creations - Crystals!

Chapters include: Introduction, Materials and Supplies, General Methods for Growing Crystals, and Crystals You Can Grow. The author's emphasis is on using raw materials that are safe to handle and readily available such as alum, ammonium sulfate (21-0-0 fertilizer), borax (hydrous sodium borate), sodium carbonate (washing soda) and sodium chloride (salt) and ordinary kitchen utensils and other common household items for equipment. The procedures and projects presented in Grow Your Own Crystals are educational and suitable as activities for children with appropriate adult supervision during steps like making saturated solutions by adding salts to boiling water.

An Illustrated Guide to Common Rocks and Their Minerals

Minerals of the World is one of the most up-to-date popular guide to minerals available. More than 500 minerals are covered, with examples from around the world, with the crystallography, physical properties, chemical properties, names and varieties, diagnostic features, and occurences given for each. The more than 600 superb color photographs and crystallographic diagrams help to show exact details and colors of the attractive, well represented specimens. Included is a tabular overview of common minerals and their properties. Part one covers mineralogy and crystallography, part two covers mineral descriptions and part three contains several tables, along with a glossary and index.

From the primeval origins of rocks and gems to their astonishing modern-day uses and appeal, this is the ultimate portrait of the Earth's natural treasures. Beautifully designed and packed with photos, there is something in this book for almost everyone, covering almost every topic on rocks and gems there is. It is worth buying this book for the photos alone!

The information in this book is gathered into fun and informative nuggets of history, science, lore and so much more.

Eyewitness Books Rocks and Minerals

The Peterson Field Guide to Rocks and Minerals

Simon and Schuster's Guide to Rocks and Minerals

Smithsonian Handbook Of Rocks And Minerals

Rocks From Space

The Ultimate Rocks And Minerals Sticker Book provides the ultimate collection of rock and mineral stickers, ideal for home and school projects. Create your own book of rocks and minerals using your favorite stickers. Each self-adhesive sticker is easy to peel off and can be used more than once. Factual labels accompany every sticker. Suitable for children three years of age and older.

The World of Fluorescent Minerals presents the rich and diverse world of fluorescent minerals in a comprehensive and colorful guide. It provides a a sweeping survey of many different fluorescent minerals found around the world and shown in daylight and ultraviolet light. Browsing this book is like taking a personal tour through a museum. Lavishly illustrated, the breathtaking colors are so pure and their glow is so seemingly unnatural they immediately capture your attention and imagination.

The field collecting of fluorescent minerals is still relatively new ands fresh finds are showing up regularly around the globe. The World of Fluorescent Minerals is written for both the active collector and the merely curious. This pictorial reference will startle you eyes with its full color pages and 977 photos, while its informative text will greatly expand the reader's knowledge. It is an essential source for enjoying and identifying fluorescent minerals.

Introductory chapters include Acknowledgements; Introduction: The Colors in the Book, Value Guide; Fluorescent Minerals: Fluorescence, Tenebrescence, Triboluminescence, and Thermoluminescence, Fluorescence in Everyday Life and Into the Future, Ultraviolet Lamps; Activators; Finding Fluorescent Minerals: The Franklin and Sterling Hills Mines, New Jersey, The Andover Area Mines, Sussex County, Canada - The Long Lake Mine, Mont Saint- Hilaire, Other Places - St. Lawrence County, New York, The Western United States, Mexico, Greenland, Pakistan and Afghanistan; Information About Some Specific Types Of Minerals - Scheelite, Powellite, Feldspars, Sphalerite, Willemite; and Photographing Fluorescent Minerals.

The extensive 163 page Gallery of Minerals is lavishly illustrated with daylight, short, medium and longwave photographs of hundreds of fluorescent mineral specimens. It is organized into sections including Franklin Mine, Sterling Hill Mine, and the Rest of New Jersey; Eastern and Midwestern U.S.; Western U.S.; Canada; Mexico; and Other Countries in alphabetical order.

Also included are addendums on Miners Lamps, Building a Small Battery Pack for Your Portable 12 Volt UV Lamp; Documenting Your Collection, Displaying Your Collection, Things to Consider; Collector Names of Minerals; Resources - Collecting Groups, Information and Museums, Mineral Dealers, Ultraviolet Lamps and Supplies; Bibliography and Index.

Whether you are an old hand at collecting fluorescent minerals, just starting out in the hobby, or simply curious about and interested in these unusual and fascinating members of the mineral kingdom, The World of Fluorescent Minerals is a must-have book for your personal library.

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