Books on Rock and Mineral Identification
| AUTHOR | TITLE | PUBLISHER | DATE | SUBJECT |
| ADAM,DIANE | ROCKS & MINERALS-PICTORIAL GUIDE | PICTORIAL GUIDE TO MINERALOGY | ||
| AREM | ROCKS AND MINERALS | GROSSET & DUNLAP | 1973 | ROCKS, MINERALS |
| BAUER | FIELD GUIDE IN COLOR TO MINERALS, ROCKS AND PRECIOUS STONES | OCTOPUS BOOKS | 1974 | |
| BELL & WRIGHT | ROCKS & MINERALS | MACMILLAN | 1985 | |
| DAKE | QUARTZ FAMILY MINERALS | MCGRAW-HILL | 1938 | |
| DANA | TEXTBOOK OF MINERALOGY | WILEY & SONS | 19491898 | ID OF MINERALS |
| DE MICHELE, V. | COLOR TREASURY OF CRYSTALS | CRESENT | 1972 | CRYSTALS |
| FAY | ROCKHOUND'S MANUAL | HARPER & ROW | 1972 | |
| FORD | DANA'S TEXTBOOK OF MINERALOGY | JOHN WILEY & SONS | 1949 | IDENTIFICATION OF MINERALS |
| HAMILTON, WOOLLEY, BISHOP | LAROUSSE GUIDE TO MINERALS, ROCKS AND FOSSILS | LAROUSSE | 1985 | |
| PEARL | GEM IDENTIFICATION SIMPLIFIED | MAXWELL | 1968 | GEMS |
| PEARL | GEMS,MINERALS, CRYSTALS AND ORES | ODYSSEY PRESS | 1964 | |
| PELLANT | ROCKS AND MINERALS-EYEWITNESS HANDBOOK | DORLING KINDERSLEY | 1991 | |
| POUGH | FIELD GUIDE TO ROCKS AND MiNERIALS | HOUGHTON MIFFLIN | 19551960 | |
| PRINZ,MARTIN | GUIDE TO ROCKS & MINERALS | SIMON & SCHUSTER | 1978 | |
| SCHUMANN | MINERALS OF THE WORLD | STERLING | 1992 | MINERALS OF THE WORLD |
| SIMON & SCHUSTER | GEMS AND PRECIOUS STONES | SIMON & SCHUSTER | 1986 | |
| SINKANKAS | VAN NOSTRAND'S STANDARD CATALOG OF GEMS | VAN NOSTRAND | 1968 | GEMS |
| SINOTTE, STEPHEN R. | FABULOUS KEOKUK GEODES VOL. 1 | WALLACE-HOMESTEAD CO. | 1969 | |
| STEWART-JONES, HARRIET ED. | ROCKS,MINERALS,GEM,CRYSTALS, FOSSILS |
CHARTWELL BOOKS,INC | 1995 | |
| BUREAU OF MINES | MINERAL FACTS AND PROBLEMS | U.S.DEPT. OF THE INTERIOR | 1965 | MINERALS |
| DANA | MANUAL OF MINERALOGY AND PETROGRAPHY | WILEY & SONS | 1900 | |
| QUICK | BOOK OF AGATES | CHILTON | 1963 | AGATES |
| SINKANKAS | GEMSTONE & MINERIAL DATA BOOK | WINCHESTER PRESS | 1972 | |
| SINKANKAS | MINERALOGY FOR AMATEURS | VAN NOSTRAND | 1964 |