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New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1st printing, 1968
4to, pp 252; cloth, dj; G+ copy; with dozens of colored and b&w illustrations
The wealth of color & form in the mineral kingdom is displayed in this very handsome work, with a text for the non-specialist reader. Treats curious lore, gemstones, the development of the science of mineralogy, mineral curiosities, mining, geology, and collecting. By Paul E. Desautels, while Supervisor of the Division of Mineralogy of the Smithsonian Institution.
4to, pp 252; cloth, dj; G+ copy; with dozens of colored and b&w illustrations
The wealth of color & form in the mineral kingdom is displayed in this very handsome work, with a text for the non-specialist reader. Treats curious lore, gemstones, the development of the science of mineralogy, mineral curiosities, mining, geology, and collecting. By Paul E. Desautels, while Supervisor of the Division of Mineralogy of the Smithsonian Institution.
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