Mineral Curiosities:

400 Wonders of Nature Category : Natural sciences Text: Didier Nectoux Photographs: Cyrille Benhamou Size : 23,5 x 23,5 cm/ Paper cover with flaps 264 pages / Colour French & English Omniscience ISBN : 9782916097855 / 35 € Release date : Sep 21, 17 Rights available Using over 400 samples belonging to one of the most stunning collections in the world, this book reveals some hundred minerals and their varieties. Concise texts provide instructive historical, scientific, and technical anecdotes. A voyage around the world, to sites where the Earth has encased its choicest crystals, but also a journey through geological time and the history of mineralogy... This is an ideal companion for passionate collectors or for those who wish to discover the world of minerals.