Treasures and Rare Stones. The Fossil Chapter

Author: Yan Yuanning Guo Keyi
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Publishing Date: 2006-01-01
Features: The author of the book "Treasures and Unusual Stones" strives to combine science with life, humanity with nature, and compiles important varieties of minerals, gemstones, jade, colorful (engraved) stones, odd stones, and fossils. With as detailed text as possible and exquisite images, they correspond one by one, introducing the basic concepts, main characteristics, history, and daily uses of these stones to everyone. The book contains over 200,000 words, more than 250 stone species, and over 600 color photographs, making it rich in content and well-illustrated. It can be said to be a systematic and comprehensive guide for appreciation and collection of stones. Many specimens in the book are part of national or renowned collections and can be considered treasures, such as the "King of Cinnabar," "Chinese Dragon Bird," "Agate Chick," and "Chinese Odd Stone" text stones, all of which were photographed by the author. The book is easy to understand, broad in scope, and deep in content, making it highly readable,, and practical. It is suitable for readers with middle school or higher education levels. It will benefit a wide range of audiences, including geology enthusiasts, stone collectors, professionals in geology, mining, jade and stone processing, and commercial and trade fields. It can also serve as a reference for professional teaching and training purposes.