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Dictionaries
and Glossaries
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American
Geological Institute, 1963, Dictionary of Geological Terms, Bates, R. L.
and Jackson, J. A. Eds., Third Edition, Dolphin Books, Doubleday, Garden
City, New York, 571 pp. |
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Hawley,
G. G., 1971, The Condensed Chemical Dictionary, Eighth Edition, Von
Nostrand Reinhold Company, New York, 971 pp. |
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The
United States Bureau of Mines Dictionary of Mining, Mineral, and Related
Terms is a CD-ROM dictionary of geologic terms. |
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The Glossary of Geologic Terms web site is the work of Dr.
Steven Richardson, a professor of geology at Iowa State University.
This glossary is based on the glossary in Earth: An Introduction to
Geologic Change, by S. Judson and S. M. Richardson (Englewood Cliffs, NJ,
Prentice Hall, 1995). |
General
and Introductory Geology
Principles
of Mineralogy
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Klein,
C. and Hurlbut, Jr., C. S., 1985, Manual of
Mineralogy, after James D.Dana, 21st edition, revised, John Wiley
& Sons, New York, 681 pp. |
Minerals
and Gemstones
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Hurlbut,
Jr., C. S., 1969, Minerals and Man, Thames and Judson, London, 304 pp. |
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Hamilton,
W. R., Wooley, A. R., and Bishop, A. C., 1974, A Guide to Minerals, Rocks,
and Fossils, The Hamlyn Publishing Group Limited, London, 320 pp. |
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Mottana,
A., Crespi, R., and Liborio, G., 1978, Guide to Rocks and Minerals, Simon
& Schuster, New York, pp. 607. |
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Robinson,
G. W. and Scovil, J. A., 1994, Minerals, An Illustrated Exploration of the
Dynamic World of Minerals and Their Properties, Simon and Schuster, New
York, 208 pp. |
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Sofianides,
A. S. and Harlow, G. E., 1990, Gems and Crystals from the American Museum
of Natural History, Simon and Schuster, New York, 208 pp. |
Principles
of Crystallography and Optical Mineralogy
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Klein,
C. and Hurlbut, Jr., C. S., 1985, Manual of
Mineralogy, after James D.Dana, 21st edition, revised, John Wiley
& Sons, New York, 681 pp.
Nesse,
W. D., 1986, Introduction to
Optical Mineralogy, Oxford University Press, New York, 326
pp. |
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Phillips,
F. C., 1963, An Introduction to Crystallography, John Wiley & Sons,
New York, 340 pp. |
Ore
Genesis and Ore Deposits
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Guilbert,
J. M. and Park, C. F., 1986, The Geology of Ore Deposits, W. H. Freeman
and Company, New York, 985 pp. |
Isotope
Geology
| Faure, G., 1985, Isotope
Geology, |
Plate
Tectonics
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Dott,
Robert H., Jr., and Prothero, Donald R., Evolution of the
Earth, Fifth Edition, McGraw-Hill, Inc., New York, 602 pp.
Kious,
W. Jacquelyne, and Tilling, Robert, I., 1999, This
Dynamic Earth: The Story of Plate Tectonics, United States Geological
Survey. |
Roadside
Geology of Texas
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Spearing,
Darwin, 1992, Roadside Geology of Texas, Mountain Press Publishing
Company, Missoula, Montana, 418 pp. |
Art
History and Archeology
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Stokstad,
M., 1999, Art History, Revised Edition, Volume One, Prentice Hall, Inc.,
and Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York, pp. 654. |
Lapidary
Techniques and Gem Materials
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Vargas,
G. and Vargas, Martha, 1975, Diagrams for Faceting, Volume I, Published
by the Authors at Thermal, California, pp. 166. |
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Vargas,
G. and Vargas, Martha, 1977, Faceting for Amateurs, Second edition,
Published by the Authors at Thermal, California, pp. 342. |
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Vargas,
G. and Vargas, Martha, 1983, Diagrams for Faceting, Volume II, Published
by the Authors at Thermal, California, pp. 151. |
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Vargas,
G. and Vargas, Martha, 1987, Diagrams for Faceting, Volume III, Published
by the Authors at Thermal, California, pp. 149. |
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Vargas,
G. and Vargas, Martha, 1985, Descriptions of Gem Materials, Published
by the Authors at Thermal, California, pp. 180. |
Gems
and Gemology
A large
number of gem and gemology references are available on the web at the Walter
Geology Library of the University of Texas at Austin. These
references include internet resources, dictionaries, encyclopedias,
handbooks, and textbooks. Textbooks are categorized by mineral or
gemstone.
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