Rock Book Library

[roc2rol]

A thread to post books you’ve read about Geology, Minerals & all things that Rock!
It doesn’t necessarily need to be just books about rocks, either
Lost treasure book have excellent information about geology an such.
This thread could become a valuable library & future resource.

So post, inform, learn,
an most importantly…

Have Fun !

Ed

[roc2rol]

Here’s a classic I’m sure many of you recall!



Published in 1957 it was a handy pocketsize book
Great to take when rock hounding!
Its illustrated- no photos--
but it really well done
with fine detail & information.

[Jim Hatt]

Is it easy to read and understand Ed?

You know, Like "Rocks and Minerals for Dummies".

I hate those books where the Author tries to impress everyone with his humongous vocabulary of words, that nobody can pronounce, and everybody has to look up in a dictionary, to figure out what he is talking about.

[cubfan64]

Man, that brought a smile to my face roc!!! I was born in 1964 and used to carry that book out into the fields and gravel pits when I was a kid searching for "treasures" and trying to identify what I could find!!!

I love good memories!

[roc2rol]

Yo Paul ! I know how you feel !!
I was really happy when I discovered
I still had that book in my collection !!

the above book is definitely basic
and that's cool
it really was made for the field
and in 1957 thing were more simple
even the rocks!!!

The science of geology and books published
in the last few decades
have really mushroomed
just a quick browse thru the library confirms that
Many of the authors are techno language crazy
dense, you could say like a rock
I'll post a few of them in the future

but hopefully we'll get a great mix of books in this thread
lots of different tastes in rocks
E

[yuccahead]

The Roadside Geology and Geology Underfoot series are great. I've got each of these for Utah and So. Utah. The "Underfoot" book is a particularly easy book to read and understand. I'd reccomend both.

http://geology.com/store/roadside-geology.shtml

BTW, that Golden Guide looks awfully familiar, I'm sure my dad had it on his bookshelf.

[roc2rol]

Thanks for the post yuccahead!
I've only perused those books
but that weblink is really cool !!!!
lots of neat stuff !!


book cover from my home state
& they show the table of contents for the books
Ed

[roc2rol]

recently published
Its study of the Valles Caldera> A 12 mile wide collapsed
volcanic crater in New Mexico’s Jemenz Mountains.
lots of photo’s and diagrams.

great little section on obsidian

and the gold reference

[roc2rol]

I just got this book from the library
& can tell right away it full of
lost treasures tales & gems
for the rock hound seekers



“Throughout history, precious stones have inspired passions and
poetry, quests and curses, sacred writings
and unsacred actions. In this scintillating book,
journalist Victoria Finlay embarks on her own globe-circling
search for the real stories behind some of the gems we
prize most. Blending adventure travel, geology, exciting new research,
and her own irresistible charm,
Finlay has fashioned a treasure hunt for some of the
most valuable, glamorous, and mysterious substances on earth….”

http://www.bibliochat.com/title/RHPC8OVJTZ2AZBY

[roc2rol]

This author of this book is excellent!

What may also be of interest to
the treasure hunter is her chapter
on the Spanish conquest for emeralds
in South America. The Spanish had
la fiebre verde (the green fever)
besides gold fever.
El Dorado to the south &
7 Cities of Cibola to the north.

Morgan traces emeralds through time in an interesting mixture of technical information and completely nontechnical to nearly rhetorical discussions. A significant portion of the work emphasizes mythic and magical aspects of emeralds and related minerals, along with people involved (or allegedly so) in the long history of this gemstone....[t]he treatment of emerald discoveries, worldwide distribution, and mining is very thorough and especially useful in its coverage of the past three decades....For those in the gem industry and nonprofessionals interested in the historical and related aspects of emeralds....General readers.
—Choice 10/1/2007