Minerals -- Collection and preservation
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Broader terms:Narrower term:Used for:- Gemstone collecting
- Mineral collecting
- Mineralogy -- Collecting of specimens
- Mineralogy -- Collectors and collecting
- Mineral specimen collection and preservation
- Rock collecting
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Natural Gemstones, by United States Geological Survey (illustrated HTML at USGS)
Items below (if any) are from related and broader terms.
Filed under: Minerals -- Classification- Catalogue of Minerals, With Their Formulas, Etc. (Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, publication #156; 1863), by Thomas Egleston
- The Out-Door World: or, Young Collector's Handbook (London and New York: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1893), by William S. Furneaux
- Precious Stones: For Curative Wear and Other Remedial Uses, Likewise the Nobler Metals (1907), by William Thomas Fernie (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The 20-Mule-Team Brigade: Being a Story in Jingles of the Good Works and Adventures of the Famous "Twenty-Mule-Team" (New York: Pacific Coase Borax Co., c1904), illust. by Peter Newell (page images at nonsenselit.org)
- The Turquoise: A Study of its History, Mineralogy, Geology, Ethnology, Archaeology, Mythology, Folklore and Technology (National Academy of Sciences v12 part 2, third memoir; 1915), by Joseph E. Pogue (multiple formats at Google)
- On the Relation Between the Index of Refraction and Concentration of Solutions of Sodium Chloride (University of Chicago physics masters thesis, 1920), by Edward Henry Thomas
- How to Make Salt from Sea-Water (1862), by John LeConte (HTML and TEI at UNC)
- Radiochemistry of Arsenic, by Harold C. Beard and J. G. Cuninghame (PDF at lanl.gov)
- Radiochemistry of Bismuth, by Kashinath S. Bhakti (PDF at lanl.gov)
- The Radiochemistry of Copper, by F. F. Dyer and G. W. Leddicote (PDF at lanl.gov)
- Diamond Design (1919 original text with notes and corrections by editor in 2001), by Marcel Tolkowsky, ed. by Jasper Paulsen (illustrated HTML with commentary at folds.net)
- Fire in the Earth: The Story of the Diamond (New York and London: Harper and Bros., c1942), by James Remington McCarthy (illustrated HTML pages at farlang.com)
- The Book of Diamonds: Their Curious Lore, Properties, Tests and Synthetic Manufacture (New York: Hearthside Press, 1940), by John Willard Hershey (illustrated HTML pages at farlang.com)
- The Diamond (London and New York: John Lane, 1911), by Wallis Richard Cattelle (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Diamond Design: A Study of the Reflection and Refraction of Light in a Diamond (London: E. and F. Spon; New York: Spon and Chamberlain, 1919), by Marcel Tolkowsky
- Diamonds (London and New York: Harper and Brothers, 1909), by William Crookes (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The Great Diamonds of the World: Their History and Romance (London: G. Bell and Sons, ca. 1882), by Edwin W. Streeter, ed. by Joseph Hatton and A. H. Keane (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Papers and Notes on the Genesis and Matrix of the Diamond (London et al: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1897), by Henry Carvill Lewis, ed. by T. G. Bonney (illustrated HTML pages at farlang.com)
- Diamonds and Precious Stones: A Popular Account of Gems (New York: Scribner, Armstrong, and Company, 1876), by Louis Dieulafait, trans. by Fanchon Sanford (page images at MOA)
- Diamonds and Precious Stones: Their History, Value, and Distinguishing Characteristics; With Simple Tests For Their Identification. (second edition; London: J.C. Hotten, 1867), by Harry Emanuel (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Diamonds, Pearls and Precious Stones (Boston: Printed for Smith Patterson Co. by Griffith-Stillings Press, 1913), by Marcell Nelson Smith
- The Radiochemistry of Gold, by J. F. Emery and G. W. Leddicote (PDF at lanl.gov)
- Three Letters on the Price of Gold: Contributed to the Morning Chronicle (London) in August-November, 1809 (Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1903), by David Ricardo (page images at Google; US access only)
- Geld und Gold: Ökonomische Theorie des Geldes (in German; Stuttgart and Berlin: Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, 1916), by Robert Liefmann
- French Financial Policy (Foreign Policy Reports v8 #20; 1932), by John C. De Wilde (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Methods for the Recovery of Platinum, Iridium, Palladium, Gold, and Silver from Jewelers' Waste (US Bureau of Mines technical paper #342; Washington: GPO, 1924), by Charles Wesley Davis
- Ore Microscopy and Ore Petrography (second edition; New York et al.: J. Wiley and Sons, c1994), by James R. Craig and David J. Vaughan (PDF files with commentary at minsocam.org)
- Theophrastus on Stones: Introduction, Greek Text, English Translation, and Commentary (Columbus, OH: Ohio State University, 1956), by Theophrastus, ed. by Earle Radcliffe Caley and John F. C. Richards (illustrated HTML pages at farlang.com)
- A Book of Precious Stones (New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1910), by Julius Wodiska (illustrated HTML pages at farlang.com)
- The Chemistry, Properties and Tests of Precious Stones (1911), by John Mastin (illustrated HTML pages at farlang.com)
- Diamonds and Precious Stones: A Popular Account of Gems (New York: Scribner, Armstrong, and Company, 1876), by Louis Dieulafait, trans. by Fanchon Sanford (page images at MOA)
- Diamonds and Precious Stones: Their History, Value, and Distinguishing Characteristics; With Simple Tests For Their Identification. (second edition; London: J.C. Hotten, 1867), by Harry Emanuel (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Diamonds, Pearls and Precious Stones (Boston: Printed for Smith Patterson Co. by Griffith-Stillings Press, 1913), by Marcell Nelson Smith
- Gems and Gem Minerals (Chicago: A. W. Mumford, 1903), by Oliver C. Farrington (multiple formats at archve.org)
- Gems and Precious Stones (Sydney: C. Potter, 1896), by Henry G. Smith (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Gems and Precious Stones of North America (New York: The Scientific Publishing Co., 1890), by George Frederick Kunz (illustrated HTML pages at farlang.com)
- Gems: Notes and Extracts (London: Bell and Daldy, 1871), by Augusto Castellani, trans. by Mrs. John Brogden (page images at HathiTrust)
- The History of Jewels, and of the Principal Riches of the East and West (1671), by Samuel Chappuzeau (page images at farlang.com)
- The Natural History, Ancient and Modern, of Precious Stones and Gems, and of the Precious Metals (London: Bell and Daldy, 1865), by C. W. King (illustrated HTML pages at farlang.com)
- The Natural History of Gems or Decorative Stones (1867), by C. W. King (illustrated HTML pages at farlang.com)
- The Natural History of the Precious Stones and of the Precious Metals (London: Bell and Daldy, 1867), by C. W. King (illustrated HTML pages at farlang.com)
- A Popular Treatise on Gems, in Reference to Their Scientific Value: A Guide for the Teacher of Natural Sciences, the Lapidary, Jeweller, and Amateur, Together with a Description of the Elements of Mineralogy, and All Ornamental and Architectural Materials (New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1859), by Lewis Feuchtwanger
- A Popular Treatise on Gems, in Reference to Their Scientific Value: A Guide for the Teacher of Natural Sciences, the Lapidary, Jeweller, and Amateur, Together with a Description of the Elements of Mineralogy, and All Ornamental and Architectural Materials (third edition; New York: the author, 1867), by Lewis Feuchtwanger
- Precious Stones (New York: D. Van Nostrand Co., 1908), by Wilbert Goodchild, contrib. by Robert Dykes (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Precious Stones: A Book of Reference for Jewellers (Philadelphia and London: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1903), by Wallis Richard Cattelle (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Precious Stones and Gems, Their History, Sources and Characteristics (sixth edition; London: G. Bell and Sons, 1898), by Edwin W. Streeter (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Precious Stones Considered in Their Scientific and Artistic Relations; With a Catalogue of The Townshend Collection of Gems in The South Kensington Museum (new edition; London: Printed for the Committee of Council on Education, by Chapman and Hall, 1891), by A. H. Church (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Precious Stones Considered in Their Scientific and Artistic Relations; With a Catalogue of the Townshend Collection (new edition; London: H.M. Stationery off., 1905), by A. H. Church (illustrated HTML pages at farlang.com)
- Precious Stones in Nature, Art and Literature (Boston: Bradlee Whidden, 1886), by S. M. Burnham (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Minerals and Cut Stones: Reference Book Containing Condensed and Simplified Descriptions From Standard Works on Mineralogy (1923), ed. by Mengo L. Morgenthau (page images at HathiTrust)
- Shakespeare and Precious Stones (Philadelphia and London: J. B. Lippincott Co., 1916), by George Frederick Kunz (illustrated HTML pages at farlang.com)
- British and Exotic Mineralogy (interactive combined edition of British Mineralogy and Exotic Mineralogy, originally published 1802-1817), by James Sowerby, ed. by Nicholas Rougeux (Javascript-dependent illustrated HTML at c82.net)
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