National Audubon Society Field Guide to Rocks and Minerals: North America

National Audubon Society Field Guides

by Charles W. Chesterman, National Audubon Society, Kurt E. Lowe

Perfect for mountain climbers and hikers, this valuable reference covers more rocks and minerals in North America than any other available guide. 794 full-color photographs depict all the important rocks, gems, and minerals -- in many variations of color and crystal form -- and the natural environments in which they occur; written descriptions provide information on field marks, similar rocks and minerals, environment, areas of occurrence, and derivation of names. Includes a guide to mineral collecting and a list of rock-forming minerals

Genres: Reference, Science, Geology, Nonfiction, Nature, Field Guides, Natural History

856 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1978

Reviews

[Matal “The Mischling Princess” Baker]

Like all Audubon guides, this book is superb for anyone who isn’t a geologist!

[Rita Mae]

Great resource for everyday rock collectors and gem collectors alike! Great info. as well as brilliant photos!

[Dan]

The Audobon Society sure knows its rocks. The Guide breaks rocks into three categories: igneous, sedementary, and metamorphic, and has lots of full color pictures of specimens of each type. The only complaints I have about the book are that it's too fat to fit in my pocket and many of the precious and semi-precious stones have been either cut or cleaned up so the pictures won't be that useful for identifying them in the wild.

[Erich Franz Linner-Guzmann]

I had this book since I was a child and it has brought great joy throughout the years; well mainly when I was a youngster. This book and all the other field guides that Alfred A. Knopf published are fantastic, I own 4 myself and all are just as great as this one.

[Luis Sanchez]

Any novice or expert would enjoy this field guide. It’s very thorough and extensive with the information provided

[Kera Nielsen]

I bring this with me camping so I can identify all the cool rocks I find while hiking around.

[Jason]

Very useful even for a novice

[inna.]

re reading this book for the 2nd time
thx mr francesco

[Kylie]

Great guide for scientific purposes of rocks and minerals, not good for New Age healing

[Myroslava Chornokun]

Overall very useful with easily accessible information, images, and things that would be useful for quick identification.

[I’m in your walls]

I did this for science Olympiad and I had to tab it

[William]

Very informative guide book. The layout is user friendly for helping to identifying specimens by color,shape,hardness,association with other minerals and,or rock types.

After spending more time studying this field-guide more thoroughly, I have revised my original rating from a 4 to 5.

[Theresa]

great informational resource a good field resource for children, and parents driven to distraction with questions.

[Will]

Which Audubon books aren't worth owning. I have about 12 of them and still wish I had more.

[Carol]

I registered a book at BookCrossing.com!
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[Jen CE]

Great field guide!

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[Maeve]

Very useful for what I checked it out for! The photos used for all the minerals, gemstones and rocks were detailed and very useful. I'm glad I grabbed it from the library :-)

[Joshua Friesen]

As a portable reference for rockhounding, this is great.