Additional resources can be accessed via the menu below:
Minerals and Mineral Groups
Beryl
John Sinkankas (1981) Emeralds and other beryls Chilton Book Co. Radnor Pa. OOP
John Sinkankas (ed) (2002) Emeralds of the World extraLapis English No. 2
Diamond
Harlow (1997)The Nature of Diamonds Cambridge University Press
American Museum of Natural History online exhibit
General review article on diamonds
Fluorescents
Mineralogical Record (1996) vol(27) no 1
Rocks & Minerals (1996) vol(71) no 1
Manuel Robbins (1994) Fluorescence – Gems & Minerals under ultraviolet light Geoscience Press, Tucson
Gold
Mineralogical Record (1982) Gold I vol(13) no 6
Mineralogical Record (1987) Gold II vol(18) no 1
Mineralogical Almanac (1999) vol(1) Moscow, Ocean Pictures Limited (Russian localities)
Lapis (1992) extra #2 (in German)
Pegmatites
Mineralogical Record (1977) vol(8) no 2
Quartz
Mineralogical Society of America Reviews in Mineralogy Vol(29) Silica
Silver
Mineralogical Record (1986) vol(17) no1
Rocks & Minerals (1994) vol(69) no 1
Lapis (1995) extra #8 (in German)
Tourmaline
Mineralogical Record (1985) vol(16) no 5
The Tourmaline Group (1985) R. V. Dietrich, Van Nostrand Reinhold Co 228p
Tourmaline: A Gemstone Spectrum extraLapis English No. 3(2002)
Zeolites
Mineralogical Society of America Short Course Notes (1977)Mineralogy and Geology of Natural Zeolites Vol 4 233p. OOP.
Bish & Ming (2001) Natural Zeolites: Occurrence, Properties, Applications MSA Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry Vol 45 654p.
Rudy W. Tschernich (1992) Zeolites of the World Geoscience Press, Phoenix, Arizona 563p.
Vincent J. Vozza, Jr. and Judith Vozza Zeolites, the misunderstood minerals F. Silva Printing, Palisades Park, New Jersey 125p.
Glauco Gottardi and Ermanno Galli (1985) Natural Zeolites Springer Verlag, Berlin 409p.