R 616 Masterpieces of the Mineral World: Treasures of the Houston Museum of Natural Sciences (c. 2 = shelf copy)
412 Mineral Museums of Europe
R 454 The Smithsonian Treasury—Minerals and Gems ( c. 2 = shelf copy)
264 The World of Faberge
NATIONAL PARKS
396 The Complete Guide to America’s National Parks
239 Geology of National Parks
586 Pages of Stone—Geology of Western National Parks and Monuments
510 Volcanoes in America’s National Parks
NEBRASKA
200 X Roadside Geology of Nebraska
NEVADA
251 Gem Trails of Nevada
455 Geology Underfoot in Central Nevada
512 Mines of Goldfield, Bullfrog and other Southern Nevada Districts
680 Nevada-Utah GemTrails
NEW HAMPSHIRE
200 P Roadside Geology of Vermont and New Hampshire
NEW JERSEY (also see FLUORESCENSE) 364 Gem Trails of Pennsylvania and New Jersey
JR 044 B Magnificent Rocks—Story of Mining, Men and Minerals at Sterling Hill, NJ
JR 044 B Rainbow Minerals of Franklin, NJ
NEW MEXICO
675 Espanola-Chama-Taos—A Climb through Time
362 Gem Trails of New Mexico
674 Geology of Lordsburg Quadrangle, Hidalgo Co., NM
673 Geology of the Walnut Wells Quadrangle, Hidalgo Co., NM
408 Mineral Deposits of W. Grant County, New Mexico
373 New Mexico Rockhounding
407 The Ore Deposits of Socorro County, New Mexico
200 I Roadside Geology of New Mexico
461 Rock Collecting Near Lordsburg, New Mexico
631 The Rockhound’s Guide to New Mexico
201 Tertiary/Quaternary Stratigraphy and Vertebrate Paleontology—TX & NM
NEW YORK
605 Geology of Our Romantic Niagara
200 J Roadside Geology of New York
462 Rock Collecting in New York
523 Rockhounding in Eastern New York and Nearby New England
NODULES, THUNDER-EGGS
237 The Origin of Agates, Thunder-Eggs and Other Nodular Structures
NORTH AMERICAN GEMSTONES
374 A Gemstones of North America—1962 edition (c. 2 = shelf copy)
374 B Gemstones of North America—Vol. III
NORTH AMERICAN ROCKS & MINERALS (also see individual regions or states)
061 Field Guide to North American Rocks and Minerals
NORTH CAROLINA
531 A Rockhounding Guide to North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountains
NORTH DAKOTA
690 Geology of the Lewis & Clark Trail in North Dakota
NORTHEAST (U.S.)
256 B Northeastern Treasure Hunter’s Gem and Mineral Guide
NORTHWEST (U.S.)
327 Northwest Exposures—A Geologic Story of the Northwest
OHIO
200 AA Roadside Geology of Ohio
OKLAHOMA
560 Oklahoma Geological Survey
290 Rose Rocks of Oklahoma
OPALS
394 Vol. 1 Beautiful Opals of the Desert
Vol. 2 Beautiful Queensland Opals
Vol. 3 Beautiful Lightning Ridge—100 Years
570 A Field Guide to Australian Opals
144 Opal Adventures
248 The Opal Book
681 Opal Cutting Made Easy
011 Opal Identification and Value
596 J Opal—The Phenomenal Gemstone
287 Opals
502 Pricing Opals—Down Under
OPTICS
020 Microscopic Determination of Non-Opaque Minerals
651 Mineral Optics—Principles and Techniques
OREGON
252 A Gem Trails of Oregon
252 B Gem Trails of Oregon (3rd ed)
200 K Roadside Geology of Oregon
PAKISTAN
596 F Pakistan: Minerals, Mountains and Majesty
PALEONTOLOGY (also see FOSSILS, TEXAS)
226 The Practical Paleontologist
447 Principles of Paleontology
PALO DURO CANYON
TX 206 Geologic Story of Palo Duro Canyon, TX
PEARLS
286 Pearls
349 Pearls—Ornament and Obsession
104 Restringing Beads and Pearls
PENNSYLVANIA
364 Gem Trails of Pennsylvania and New Jersey
546 Outstanding Scenic Geologic Features of Pennsylvania
200 Z Roadside Geology of Pennsylvania
PETRIFIED WOOD
R 615 Ancient Forests—A Closer Look at Fossil Wood
R 527 Petrified Forests—The World’s Thirty-one Most Beautiful Petrified Forests
R 392 Petrified Wood—A World of Fossilized Wood, Cones, Ferns and Cycads
(c.2 = shelf)
PETROLEUM
395 Origin of Petroleum
PETROLOGY
585 An Introduction to Metamorphic Petrology
PHOTOGRAPHY
347 Photographing Minerals, Fossils and Lapidary Arts
PHYSICAL GEOLOGY
679 Essentials of Geology (4th edition)
703 Investigating Earth—A Geology Laboratory Text
704 Laboratory Manual in Physical Geology
140 Principles of Physical Geology
PLASTICS
029 Plastics and Gemstones
PLATE TECTONICS
267 B Continents Adrift
062 The Crust of Our Earth
POETRY
535 A Baker’s Dozen of Birthday Poems (Gems)
PRAIRIE STATES
361 Midwest Gem, Fossil and Mineral Trails
PRECIOUS STONES (also see GEMSTONES)
207 Description of Gem Materials
001 The Encyclopedia of Gems and Minerals
129 Gemstones
064 Guide to Gems and Precious Stones
157 Modern Jeweler’s Consumer Guide to Colored Stones
152 Precious Stones, Vol. 1
152 Precious Stones, Vol. 2
PROSPECTING
387 Handbook of Prospecting
633 Prospecting for Gem Stones in Arizona and the Southwest
294 Successful Mineral Collecting and Prospecting
094 G Collector’s Guide to the Pyroxene Group
QUARTZ
476 Collecting Crystals—Guide to Quartz in Arkansas
192 Quartz
517 Quartz: An Introduction to Crystalline Quartz
583 Quartz Family Minerals
ROADSIDE GEOLOGY SERIES # A—Z, AA, BB, etc.)
(also see individual states)
RADIOACTIVIITY
197 Glossary of Uranium-Thorium Bearing Minerals
618
695 Introduction to Radioactive Minerals
REFERENCE = R (building use only)
R 597 Agates
R 656 American Mineral Treasures
R 615 Ancient Forests—A Closer Look at Fossil Wood
R 096 Appendix—Index Mineral Species and Varieties
R 594 Cambridge Encyclopedia of Meteorites
R 095 Chemical Index of Minerals
R 534 A & B The Collector’s Catalog
R 435 Color Encyclopedia of Gemstones (c. 2 = shelf copy)
R 553 Contributions to Geology
R 097 Dana’s System of Mineralogy—Vol. 1
R 098 Dana’s System of Mineralogy—Vol. 2
R 099 Dana’s System of Mineralogy—Vol. 3
R 163 Dictionary of Geologic Terms
R 124 Dictionary of Mining, Mineral and Related Terms
R 001 Encyclopedia of Gems and Minerals (c. 2 = shelf copy)
R 292 Encyclopedia of Minerals
R 195 Geology of Texas—Vol. 1
R 208 Geology of the Glass Mountains
R 336 Glossary of Mineral Species—2004
R 453 Glossary of Obsolete Mineral Names
R 139 Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs
R 101 Index Fossils of North America
R 165 Lapidary Journal—Master Index—1947-1991 (c. 2 = shelf copy)
R 386 A-F Lexicon of Geologic Names of the United States—Dept. of the Interior
Geological Bulletins No.566 (1957), No.896 (1959), & No. 1200
A—Part I—-A through I
B—Part 2—M through Z
C—Part 1—A through F
D—Part 2—G through O
E—Part 3—-P—Z
F—Bulletin No. 1350 (1961-67)
R 616 Masterpieces of the Mineral World (c. 2 = shelf)
R 100 Mineral Tables of Hand Species’ Properties of 1,500 Minerals
R 595 Mineralogical Record Vol. 1-35: Author-Title Index
R 335 Mineralogical Record Index, Vol. 1—25
R 499 Minerals
R 415 Minerals of New Mexico
R 454 The Smithsonian Treasury—Minerals and Gems
R 440 Systeme Silurian du Centre de la Boheme—Trilobites
R 551 Texas Mineral Resources
R 556 The Larger Invertebrate Fossils of Navarro Group in Texas
R 320 Volcanoes of the World
(incomplete)
REMOTE SENSING, IMAGING
446 Remote Sensing and Image Interpretation
RESTRINGING
104 Restringing Beads and Pearls
RIO GRANDE RIFT
563 International Symposium of the Rio Grande Rift
ROADSIDE GEOLOGY SERIES (also see individual states)
200 # A—Z, AA, BB, etc.
ROCK SHOPS
544 So You Want to Start a Rock Shop
ROCKHOUNDS, ROCK HUNTING (also see individual states)
150 Gem Hunter’s Guide
142 Gems for the Taking
JR 182 Rock Collecting
388 Rock Hunter’s Range Guide
TX 053 Rock Hunting in Texas
345 The Rockhound and Prospector’s Handbook
369 Rockhound’s Handbook
ROCKS—GENERAL & IDENTIFICATION
001 Encyclopedia of Minerals
065 Guide to Rocks & Minerals
697 Identification Guides—Rocks and Minerals (British and European)
107 Imprints of Time—The Art of Geology
010 Minerals and Rocks in Color
225 Practical Geologist
696 Smithsonian Rock and Gem—The Definitive Guide to Rocks, Minerals,
Gems & Fossils
162 Rocks and Minerals (MacMillan Guide)
222 Rocks and Minerals—What to Do with Them
003 Stones and Minerals
ROCKS—(IGNEOUS)
445 Igneous Rocks
ROCKS—SEDIMENTARY
495 Sedimentary Rocks
ROCKS AND MINERALS
061 The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American rocks & Minerals
JR 181 Everybody Needs a Rock
JR 536 Eye Wonder—Rocks and Minerals
JR 473 Eyewitness Books—Rocks and Minerals
M 258 Eyewitness Handbook—Rocks and Minerals
M 687 Faces in the Rocks
005 A Field Guide to Rocks and Minerals (Pough)
156 Gems, Granites and Gravels
498 Geology of Industrial Rocks and Minerals
JR 576 Geology Rocks (activity book)
JR 185 Golden Guide—Rocks and Minerals
065 Guide to Rocks and Minerals (Simon & Schuster)
471 Guide to the Study of Rocks and Minerals
291 Handbook of Rocks, Minerals and Gems
197 Industrial Rocks and Minerals
JR 577 An Instant Guide to Rocks and Minerals
441 An Introduction to the Rock-Forming Minerals
010 Minerals and Rocks in Color
M 093 Minerals of the World
168 Minerals, Rocks and Precious Stones
483 Our Rock Riches
JR 537 Reader’s Digest Pathfinders—Rocks and Minerals
R 665 Rock and Gem (Smithsonian) (c. 2--shelf)
433 The Rock Book
388 Rock Hunter’s Range Guide
JR 589 Rocks and Fossils (Kingfisher Young Knowledge Series)
470 Rocks and Minerals
JR 623 Rocks and Minerals (A Golden Exploring Earth Book)
162 Rocks and Minerals (Macmillan Field Guides)
164 Rocks and Minerals (Pearl)
528 Rocks and Minerals: A Portrait of the Natural World
M 303 Rocks, Minerals and Fossils of the World
069 Rocks and Minerals of California
424 Rocks and Minerals—The New Compact Study Guide and Identifier
222 Rocks and What to Do with Them
JR 667 The Story of Rocks and Minerals
TX 014 Texas Rocks and Minerals
ROCKY MOUNTAIN AREA.
670 Rising from the Plains
RUBIES
284 Rubies and Sapphires
RUSSIA, SIBERIA
375 Humboldt’s Travels in Siberia—The Gemstones
338 * (please see the librarian)The Leningrad Mining Institute
264 The World of Faberge—Russian Gems and Jewels
SAFETY
113 Safety Manual (AMFS booklet)
SAND
263 Sand (Geology)
SAPPHIRES
284 Rubies and Sapphires
326 Yogo—The Great American Sapphire
SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS
JR 591 Super Science Experiments—Wondrous Plants and Earth Experiments
SCIENCE, RELIGION & HISTORY
105 Gemstones of the Bible
658 A Scientific Search for Religious Truth
SCRIMSHAW
478 The Scrimshaw Connection
SCULPTING (also see CARVING)
194 Rock Sculpture
068 Slate and Soft Stone Sculpture
SELENIUM & TELLURIUM
296 Deposits of Selenium and Tellurium
SEDIMENTS, SEDIMENTARY ROCKS
442 Ancient Sedimentary Environments
444 Sedimentary Structures
495 Sedimentary Rocks
SILVERSMITHING
217 Creative Gold and Silversmithing
018 Indian Silver Smithing
119 Making Silver Jewelry
306 Silversmithing
017 Silversmithing and Art Metal
SMITHSONIAN MUSEUM
696 Smithsonian Rock and Gem
454 Smithsonian Treasury
SMITHSONITE
596 M Smithsonite—Think Zinc
SOIL SURVEY (TEXAS)
125 A Soil Survey of Williamson Co., TX
125 B Soil Survey of Travis Co., TX
125 C Soil Survey of Blanco and Burnet Counties
SOLDERING
008 Fundamentals of Soft Soldering
SOUTH CAROLINA
356 Carolina Rocks—The Geology of South Carolina
SOUTH DAKOTA
056 Geology and Mineral Deposits of Some Pegmatites…South Dakota
055 Mineralogy of the Black Hills
200 M Roadside Geology of South Dakota
SOUTHWESTERN U.S.
631 Canyon Country Geology
054 Earth Treasures, Vol. 3—The Southwest Quadrant
633 Prospecting for Gem Stones in Arizona and the Southwest
079 Southwest Gem and Mineral Trails
256 A Southwest Treasure Hunter’s Gem and Mineral Guide—Vol. 2
SCULPTING (also see CARVING)
194 Rock Sculpture
068 Slate and Soft Stone Sculpture
STONE SETTING
438 Cutting and Setting Stones
116 The Techniques of Master Stonesetting
STONES (also see GEMS, MINERALS or ROCKS)
449 From Stone to Stone—A View of Modern Geology
240 State Stones and Other State Symbols
569 Stately Stones
003 Stones and Minerals
SYNTHETIC GEMS
064 Guide to Gems and Precious Stones
458 A Guide to Man-made Gemstones
TEXAS (see Bureau of Economic Geology Publications—Univ. of Texas) Helpful hint: Texas books have a blue label located on the spine of the book.
601 Austin, Texas, and Beyond—Geology and Environment
196 A The Big Bend of the Rio Grande; 196 B Maps: The Big Bend of the Rio Grande
087 Calderas and Mineralization: Volcanic Geology and Mineralization of the
Chinati Caldera Complex-Presidio Co., TX
086 Cenozoic Geology of Trans-Pecos Volcanic Fields of Texas
R 553 Contributions to Geology
464 Cretaceous Carbonates of Texas and Mexico—Subsurface Exploration
516 Cretaceous of Llano Estacado of Texas
602 Cretaceous Volcanism in the Austin Area, Texas
JR 663 Discover Texas Dinosaurs
204 The Edward Reef Complex and Associated Sedimentation in Central Texas
084 Field Excursion—Eastern Llano Region
160 A Field Guide to the Fossils of Texas
278 Fifty Hikes in Texas
548 Flood Hazards along the Balcones Escarpment in Central Texas
083 Fluorspar in Texas
365 Gem Trails of Texas (Several editions—Simpson, Mitchell, Cross)
557 Geologic and Historic Guide to the State Parks of Texas
603 Geology and Historical Mining, Llano Uplift Region, Central Texas
618 Geology of the Karnes Uranium District, TX
558 A Geologic Excursion of Central Texas
206 Geologic Story of Palo Duro Canyon, TX
R 195 The Geology of Texas—Vol. 1
R 208 Geology of the Glass Mountains, TX—Part 1
618 Geology of the Karnes Uranium District, TX
085 Geology of the Llano Region and Austin Area
175 Geo-Texas—A Guide to the Earth Sciences
081 Gold and Silver in Texas
135 Guide to Points of Geologic Interest in Austin
610 A Guide to Texas Rivers and Streams
091 High Purity Marble Falls Limestone—Burnet County
121 Hill Country
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Houston Gem and Mineralogical Society’s series of Texas fossil publications:
376 A Fossils and Localities of the Claiborne Group—Eocene of Texas
376 B Texas Cretaceous Bi-Valves and Localities
376 C Texas Cretaceous Echinoids
376 D Pennsylvanian Brachiopods
376 E Texas Cretaceous Ammonites and Nautiloids
376 G Middle Eocene Claiborne Group Invertebrate Fossils
376 H Texas Cretaceous Bi-Valves—2
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115 Hydrogeology of Trans-Pecos Texas
235 Igneous Geology of Trans-Pecos, TX
298 I’ll Gather My Geese (Stillwell)
202 Land Capability in the Lake Travis Vicinity, TX
203 Lineament Analysis and Inference of Geologic Structure—Ouachita Trend--TX
549 Mineral Deposits in the West Chinati Mountains—Presidio Co., TX
137 The Mississippian and Pennsylvanian Systems in the U.S.--Texas
199 Mississippian Condodonts from the Southern Texas Panhandle
082 Native Bituminous Materials in Texas
659 Naturalist’s Big Bend
080 Non-Petroleum Mining Producers in Texas
371 On Solid Ground—Memoirs of a Texas Geologist
331 Origin of Silver-Copper-Lead Deposits in the Red-Bed Sequences of
Trans-Pecos, TX
400 Ouachita Facies in Central Texas
136 Precambrian Rocks of the Southeastern Llano Region, Texas
198 Pennsylvanian Depositional Systems in North-Central Texas
339 Regional Distribution of Fractures in the Southern Edwards Plateau and
the Relationship to Tectonics and Caves
200 N Roadside Geology of Texas
053 Rock Hunting in Texas
366 Rockhound’s Guide to Texas
567 Soapstone and Serpentine in the Central Mineral Region of Texas
125 A Soil Survey—Williamson Co., TX
B Soil Survey—Travis Co., TX
C Soil Survey—Blanco Co. and Burnet Co., TX
429 Stone Artifacts of Texas Indians
201 Tertiary and Quaternary Stratigraphy and Vertebrate Paleontology-TX & NM
689 Texas Earthquakes
013 Texas Fossils—An Amateur Collector’s Handbook
092 Texas Gemstones
R 551 Texas Mineral Resources
014 Texas Rocks and Minerals
474 Texas—Off the Beaten Path
554 Upper Franconian and Lower …Cambrian Trilobites and Brachiopods
205 Upper Pennsylvanian Limestone Banks—North Central Texas
522 Volcanic Features of the Austin Area, Texas
THIN SECTIONS
619 Atlas of Rock-Forming Minerals in Thin Sections
TILES
683 The Art of Handmade Tile
TOPAZ
370 Field Guide to Topaz and Assoc. Minerals of Thomas Range, Utah
TOURMALINE
596 C Tourmaline: A Gemstone Spectrum
TRILOBITES
R 440 Systeme Silurien du Centre do la Boheme
350 A Trilobites
350 B Trilobites (Houston Museum of Natural Science)
TUMBLING
048 Gem Tumbling
024 How to Tumble-Polish Gemstones, etc.
047 How to Tumble-Polish Rocks into Gems
142 Tumbling Guide
220 Tumbling Techniques and Assembling Baroque Jewelry
TURQUOISE
337 The Allure of Turquoise
073 Blue Gold: The Turquoise Story
138 C Turquoise—The Gem of the Centuries
ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT (also see FLUORESCENCE)
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PUBLICATIONS—(also see Bureau of Economic Geology (BEG) and TEXAS listings)
UNITED STATES GEMSTONES
060 Gemstones of the United States
UNITED STATES LOCALITIES
054 A Earth Treasures—The Northwest Quadrant
054 B Earth Treasures—The Southwest Quadrant
URANIUM
TX 618 Geology of the Karnes Uranium District, Texas
197 Glossary of Uranium-Thorium Bearing Minerals
695 Introduction to Radioactive Minerals
UTAH
370 A Field Guide to Topaz and Associated Minerals of the Thomas Range
253 Gem Trails of Utah
621 Geologic History of Utah
645 Geology Underfoot in Southern Utah
644 Landforms of Southern Utah
200 O Roadside Geology of Utah
VANADIUM
319 Colorado Vanadium—A Composite Study
VERMONT
200 P Roadside Geology of Vermont
VIRGINIA
200 Q Roadside Geology of Virginia
VOLCANOES, VOLCANIC ACTIVITY (also see EARTHQUAKES)
TX 086 Cenozoic Geology of the Trans-Pecos Volcanic Field of Texas
190 A Historic Unrest at Large Calderas of the World—Vol. 1
B Historic Unrest at Large Calderas of the World—Vol. 2
529 Igneous Minerals and Rocks
JR, M 652 Living Mountains—How and Why Volcanoes Erupt
JR 451 Surtsey—The Newest Place on Earth
148 Planet Earth Series—Volcano
TX 622 Volcanic Features of the Austin Area, Texas
JR 614 Volcano and Earthquake
189 Volcano Watching
JR 624 Volcanoes and Earthquakes (Discoveries)
267 Volcanoes and the Earth’s Interior
510 Volcanoes in America’s National Parks
191 Volcanoes of the Earth
320 Volcanoes of the World
WASHINGTON
657 Gem Trails of Washington
254 Gems and Minerals of Washington
200 R Roadside Geology of Washington
367 The Rockhound’s Guide to Washington—Vol. 4
WATCHES
009 Cavalcade of Time
WATER and WATER RESOURCES
548 Flood Hazards along the Balcones Escarpment in Central Texas
401 Ground Water Availability of Lower Cretaceous Formation—Hill Country
JR 472 Water, Water Resources and the Edwards Aquifer
WAX MODELING
210 Basic Wax Modeling
178 Practical Wax Modeling
312 Wax and Casting: A Notebook of Jewelry Design and Technique
211 Wax Modeling for Jewelry and Sculpture
WESTERN STATES (also see individual states)
692 The GPS Guide to Western Gem Trails
586 Pages of Stone—Geology of Western National Parks and Monuments
069 Rocks and Minerals of California
WIRECRAFT, WIREWRAPPING
650 Contemporary Bead and Wire Jewelry
248 How to Make Wire Jewelry
268 Moods in Wire—A Comprehensive Guide to the Fine Art of Wirewrapping
295 Gold Wire Jewelry Design and Construction
403 Gold and Silver Wirecraft
568 How to Make Wire Jewelry
WISCONSIN
200 Y Roadside Geology of Wisconsin
WORLDWIDE GEMSTONES (also see GEMS or MINERALS)
004 Gemstones of the World
246 Minerals of the World
WYOMING
600 Diamonds and Mantle Source Rocks in the Wyoming Craton
200 T Roadside Geology of the Yellowstone Country
200 S Roadside Geology of Wyoming
368 Rockhounding in Wyoming
110 Wyoming Jade—A Pioneer Hunter’s Story
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK
686 Geology Underfoot in Yosemite National Park
ZEOLITES
321 Zeolites of the World
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