Gems & Minerals: Earth Treasures from the Royal Ontario Museum

by Kimberly Tait

Book Overview

A profusely illustrated and remarkably comprehensive guide to nature's most stunning jewels. Under the right conditions, over millions of years, geological activity can form extremely striking and amazing minerals. Once they have formed, these rare giants can be destroyed by the very forces that created them. Few survive, and even fewer are discovered and collected undamaged. This book is a comprehensive illustrated guide to 260 outstanding examples...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1554078806
• ISBN13: 9781554078806
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Firefly Books
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 3.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 10.3" x 10.3"