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Author: Roger Pabian
Publisher:
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 184
ISBN-13: 9780643092976
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIllustrated throughout with photographs of these wonderfully colourful minerals. Accompanied by a text from a well-known expert in the field, the book includes both a detailed introduction to the geology of agates and a comprehensive guide to the agates of the world.
Author: Dan Lynch
Publisher: Adventure Publications
Published: 2013-07
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781591934158
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAgates - few other natural formations exhibit the tremendous variety seen in these curiously banded gemstones; no two are exactly alike when it comes to color, pattern or shape. And though they are found on every continent, many well-known and significant varieties are present in North America. This book features more than 60 of the most famous, most valuable and rarest agates from Canada, the United States and Mexico. Intriguing, informative text explains the fascinating differences between agates, while compelling, true-to-life photos show each agate's special beauty.
Author: Karen A. Brzys
Publisher: Gitche Gumee Museum
Published: 2010-06-15
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781891143977
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis agate book has been compiled to help rockhounds to "think like an agate." Information and photographs are included to help beginning and experienced agate hunters to understand agates "inside out."
Author: Pat McMahan
Publisher:
Published: 2016-07-10
Total Pages: 496
ISBN-13: 9780692651384
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book documents what is likely the most complete collection of agates worldwide. It contains pictures of more than 1250 of the choicest and rarest specimens of sagenite, plume, and banded agate along with some other fine lapidary materials from Pat McMahan's personal collection. The specimens featured in the book come from over 300 locations world-wide. Most of the agates pictured in this book are self-collected by the author. These specimens were collected from 19 states in the Untied States, Mexico, Argentina, Canada, and Alaska. Also included are interesting personal collecting stories, prospecting techniques, and mining history of various locations.
Author: Bob Lynch
Publisher:
Published: 2012-05
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781591933724
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe definitive book on Lake Superior's agates is here. If you're a casual rock collector, you will find Agates of Lake Superior fun, interesting and beautiful. If you're a more advanced hobbyist, you will appreciate this professional and scientific resource. The book provides a thorough examination of Lake Superior's strange and unique agate varieties, as well as a critical look at agate formation theories, tips on how to find and identify agates, where to look for them and how collectible your agates may be.
Author: Roman Krznaric
Publisher: The Experiment
Published: 2021-08-31
Total Pages: 336
ISBN-13: 1615198334
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNow in paperback: A call to save ourselves and our planet that gets to the root of the current crisis—society’s extreme short-sightedness
Author: Emily Faithfull
Publisher: Applewood Books
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 402
ISBN-13: 1429004606
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA woman from Scotland recounts her travels in the U.S., focusing particularly issues relating to women (education, employment, etc.), also discussing more general cultural matters.
Author: Scott F. Wolter
Publisher: Adventure Publications
Published: 2010-07
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780979200694
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBetween the covers of Amazing Agates, you'll discover everything you've always wanted to know about Lake Superior's banded gemstone. Mr. Agate himself, Scott Wolter, will highlight all types of agates, explain features within individual agates and give a brief history of the largest, most famous Lake Superior agates. Scott will even share his best picking locations with you. Ever wonder what your prize agate would rate? Check out the pioneering Scale of Value. Detailed images illustrate every agate, agate type and feature talked about in the book.
Author: Marina Belozerskaya
Publisher: Getty Publications
Published: 2005-10-01
Total Pages: 292
ISBN-13: 0892367857
DOWNLOAD EBOOKToday we associate the Renaissance with painting, sculpture, and architecture—the “major” arts. Yet contemporaries often held the “minor” arts—gem-studded goldwork, richly embellished armor, splendid tapestries and embroideries, music, and ephemeral multi-media spectacles—in much higher esteem. Isabella d’Este, Marchesa of Mantua, was typical of the Italian nobility: she bequeathed to her children precious stone vases mounted in gold, engraved gems, ivories, and antique bronzes and marbles; her favorite ladies-in-waiting, by contrast, received mere paintings. Renaissance patrons and observers extolled finely wrought luxury artifacts for their exquisite craftsmanship and the symbolic capital of their components; paintings and sculptures in modest materials, although discussed by some literati, were of lesser consequence. This book endeavors to return to the mainstream material long marginalized as a result of historical and ideological biases of the intervening centuries. The author analyzes how luxury arts went from being lofty markers of ascendancy and discernment in the Renaissance to being dismissed as “decorative” or “minor” arts—extravagant trinkets of the rich unworthy of the status of Art. Then, by re-examining the objects themselves and their uses in their day, she shows how sumptuous creations constructed the world and taste of Renaissance women and men.
Author: Dan R. Lynch
Publisher:
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9781591933021
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGet this incomparable field guide to 90 of Minnesotaís rocks and minerals. Full-color photos and the details you need for identifying and collecting make this a perfect book to bring with you on your explorations. Give it as a gift, and keep one too!
