by Melody
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The most extensive mineralogical pictorial published to-date. This 400-paged full-color book beautifully displays the mineral treasures of the earth. Complete with an easy-reference index to all the minerals. Includes an extensive mineralogical pictorial containing color photos of hundreds of minerals with molecular formulae, descriptions, and localities found. As a sequel to her first two books, Love is in the Earth: Kaleidoscope of Crystals and Love is in the Earth: Laying-on-of-Stones, and due to the multitude of requests for photographs of the minerals discussed, this pictorial was complied to illustrate typical examples of mineral specimens available from our Earth Internationally known, best-selling author of the "Love is in the Earth" series, Melody was born in Cumberland, Maryland, and now resides in the Rocky Mountain region. She is a scientist and holds Bachelor of Science and Master of Art degrees in mathematics. She has been working with stones since she was a child, always evidencing an interest in the geological and mystical properties of these children of the Mother Earth. Due to the desire to share her research and knowledge with her brothers and sisters of the planet, and due to the need to make the information available at the onset of the "Age of Love", she has updated this popular book. In addition to her work within the United States, she has taught crystal workshops in Brazil, the Republic of South Africa, and Australia, and has held private consultations in India and Nepal.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
 An Amateur Rock and Mineral Collector's Dream, 2008-09-01
A beautiful book, chock-full of professionally-photographed picutres of gems, stones, rocks and minerals. Alphabetically arragned, the chemical composition of each item is included, as well as wonderful photographs taken of high quality specimens. I consider this a companion book to Melody's first work, "Love Is in the Earth: A Kaleidoscope of Crystals", which describes the metaphysical qualities of each stone.
This is a wonderful 'mini-encyclopedia' of gems, rocks and minerals for those who want to identify pieces, or would like a brief introduction to minerology on hundreds of specimens.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
Excellent Photographs of Countless Specimens, 2008-08-09
This is, by far, one of the best pictorials that I have ever seen. With over 400 pages of photographs of specimens from all around the world, the depth and breadth of the material is amazing. While only very brief information is included with each photograph, that's to be understood since this is a companion book to others in the Love is in the Earth series.
One of my favorite things about this pictorial is that the hardness rankings of each stone is given. So, not only can you identify your minerals, but you can determine which ones would be good candidates for polishing and jewelry-making.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
 There are better books on the market., 2007-09-25
As much as I loved Melody's book "Love is in the Earth" describing the use of stones, I was tremendously disappointed in the book that supposedly showed the individual stones. It would be impossible to identify a stone by comparing it to the pictures. It was a real waste of money as far as I am concerned. Sigal "Sandy" Segui
15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
 Very disappointed in quality of photos, 2005-10-21
Many of the picts were taken on a dark background, obscuring the details of the crystals. In addition, the images are not zoomed in to depict the details of the stones. I compared my specimens to the ones in the book and I determined that I would not have been able to identify them had I only had this book as a pictorial resource. Save your money - not a good book at all.
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
 Not what I expected, 2005-09-15
I own the "Crystal Bible" and was hoping this book would have similar pictures.
I was very disappointed and would be hesitant to buy another pictoral by this author.
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