Agates.(Book review)

From: Rocks & Minerals | Date: March 1, 2006| Author: Cook, Robert B. | Copyright information

Agates by Johann Zenz. Rainer Bode, Haltern, Germany. 2005; 656 pages; $98 (hardbound), $90 (softbound).

This spectacularly illustrated book, produced in collaboration with Rainer Bode and with text contributions by Robin Field, Gisela Yvonne Lentz, Michael Leybov, Terry Moxon, and Gerhard Niedermayr, is destined to be the authoritative reference source on agate. The initial fifth of the book introduces the reader to the nuts and bolts of agate and includes chapters on a...

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