num_pages: 400
description: This handbook includes more than 600 stunning color photographs showing rocks, minerals, and gems from all over the world. Each specimen is described in its origin and structure, chemical composition, hardness, color, and other properties.
language: English
title: Handbook of Rocks, Minerals, and Gemstones
titlecomplete: Handbook of Rocks, Minerals, and Gemstones
genres: Geology, Nature, Science, Field Guides, Guidebook, Reference, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 92
publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt