This collector's guide takes you on an extensive gem and mineral tour of the most strongly mineralized areas of the world.
Richard M. Pearl, professor of geology at Colorado College, is the author of thirty books on gems, minerals, and geology, including Popular Gemology, How to Know the Minerals and Rocks, and Successful Mineral Collecting and Prospecting. He has received recognition from gem and mineral organizations in twelve countries. A graduate of the University of Colorado and Harvard University, Pearl has been president of the Colorado Springs Mineralogical Society, the Colorado Mineral Society, the Rocky Mountain Federation of Mineralogical Societies, and the American Federation of Mineralogical Societies.
