Notes

by Sean Callery and Miranda Smith
224 pages
colour illustrations
On cover: Features more than 1000 rocks, minerals, and gems. Start your collection with sparkling agate! Repackaged with a real agate slice in the front cover
Summary: Readers will learn about hundreds of rocks, minerals, crystals, and gems that were forged by the most powerful events in prehistory. Explore what specimens look like and how they're used today - readers can use the information to identify rocks and minerals themselves and open up a spectacular new world. Find out all about star stones and cat's eyes, megagems, and phantom quartz. Discover which rocks fluoresce, which mineral once poisoned an emperor, and which gems are the rarest in the world. (Publisher)