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title: "Simon & Schuster's Guide to Rocks & Minerals"
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# Simon & Schuster's Guide to Rocks & Minerals

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Review: Visually Stunning and Informative Field Guide for All Levels - Simon & Schuster's Guide to Rocks & Minerals is a beautifully illustrated, user-friendly field guide that stands out for its visual appeal and comprehensive content. With over 1,000 illustrations—600 in full color—this book makes rock and mineral identification both accessible and engaging. Divided into separate sections for rocks and minerals, the guide covers a wide range of essential topics, from formation and classification to rarity and mode of occurrence. Each entry is supported by vivid photographs and helpful symbols, making it ideal for collectors, students, and curious amateurs alike. Its straightforward layout and practical information make it a fantastic reference whether you're just getting started or expanding your geological knowledge.
Review: Photos are right next to written descriptions; easier to use - I bought this book on a recommendation from a geology professor. There are other good books, but a strong advantage to this book is how the photo of a rock or mineral is directly adjacent to the written description. That’s not the case with some other popular rock and mineral guides. The photos in this sometimes look like they were taken before digital cameras, being somewhat less than super sharp and in dark colors, so it’s not perfect, but as a small, relatively inexpensive but inclusive field guide it’s easy to use. Repeated exposure to names, descriptions and photos in a very accessible guide book really does help me memorize unfamiliar rocks or minerals. I keep the book on hand, and I’m enough of a nerd to enjoy plain old browsing through the large number of listings. Recommend.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #48,887 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #13 in Rocks & Minerals #49 in Outdoors & Nature Reference |
| Customer Reviews | 4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars (503) |
| Dimensions  | 4.5 x 1.2 x 7.5 inches |
| ISBN-10  | 0671244175 |
| ISBN-13  | 978-0671244170 |
| Item Weight  | 1.5 pounds |
| Language  | English |
| Print length  | 607 pages |
| Publication date  | November 15, 1978 |
| Publisher  | Simon & Schuster, Inc. |
| Reading age  | 10 - 13 years |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Visually Stunning and Informative Field Guide for All Levels
*by B***R on May 28, 2025*

Simon & Schuster's Guide to Rocks & Minerals is a beautifully illustrated, user-friendly field guide that stands out for its visual appeal and comprehensive content. With over 1,000 illustrations—600 in full color—this book makes rock and mineral identification both accessible and engaging. Divided into separate sections for rocks and minerals, the guide covers a wide range of essential topics, from formation and classification to rarity and mode of occurrence. Each entry is supported by vivid photographs and helpful symbols, making it ideal for collectors, students, and curious amateurs alike. Its straightforward layout and practical information make it a fantastic reference whether you're just getting started or expanding your geological knowledge.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Photos are right next to written descriptions; easier to use
*by I***E on August 5, 2024*

I bought this book on a recommendation from a geology professor. There are other good books, but a strong advantage to this book is how the photo of a rock or mineral is directly adjacent to the written description. That’s not the case with some other popular rock and mineral guides. The photos in this sometimes look like they were taken before digital cameras, being somewhat less than super sharp and in dark colors, so it’s not perfect, but as a small, relatively inexpensive but inclusive field guide it’s easy to use. Repeated exposure to names, descriptions and photos in a very accessible guide book really does help me memorize unfamiliar rocks or minerals. I keep the book on hand, and I’m enough of a nerd to enjoy plain old browsing through the large number of listings. Recommend.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Good reference
*by A***R on August 3, 2025*

Love this series of reference books. Has full color pages and quality information. Nice to see cut and uncut gems for better identification.

## Frequently Bought Together

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