English books

India - The secondary minerals from the Deccan Volcanic Province, Ottens B.

Die Mineralien aus dem Basaltgebiet des indischen Dekkan Trapps haben in den letzten 40 Jahren Weltruhm erlangt. Über die zahlreichen Funde wurde in der Vergangenheit nur vereinzelt berichtet, ohne dass es eine zusammenfassende Darstellung gab. In der nun vorliegenden Monografie wurden erstmals alle 65 vorkommenden Mineralarten ausführlich auf Basis der aktuellen wissenschaftlichen Erkenntnisse beschrieben. Darüber hinaus werden die bekanntesten Fundstellen detailliert erläutert. Berthold Ottens, der teils mehrfach in den letzten 40 Jahren fast alle Fundstellen persönlich besucht hat, stellt auf ca. 350 Seiten, die Mineralien und Fundstellen sowie die geologischen Rahmenbedingungen mit umfangreichen Detailinformationen dar. Alle Erläuterungen wurden mit erstklassigen Fotos, Grafiken und Karten illustriert. Diese Monografie stellt einen Meilenstein in der Dokumentation der Sekundärminerale aus Indien dar. 352 Seiten, rund 800 Farbfotos und Abbildungen. Großformat 28,5 x 24,5 cm. Gebunden. 2024. In englischer Sprache. Limitierte Auflage!  

Mineral Cleaning for Collectors, R. Duthaler & S. Weiß

Handbook for Collectors: Cleaning, preparation and storage of minerals A fresh find in the Swiss Alps - a magnificient rock crystal comes to light. Fortunately, it was completely fully embeded in fissure clay and carefully recovered, and therefore remained undamaged. The sticky clay is quickly washed off at the top, but a tough coating of rusty brown iron oxides covers the sides of the crystal - and now the question arises how to remove it in the best manner ... This handbook was developed by two collecting scientists directly from the practice and compiled during many years of work. This is the updated third edition of this work - in English and designedfor an international audience. 193 pages, illustrated with color photos, softcover, A4 (30x21cm), 3rd edition, 2023

The Flowers of the Mines I Minerals of the Central Slovakia Mining Area, A. Russ et al.

Minerals of the Central Slovakia Mining Area 388 pages,  Hardcover, 2023. In slowakischer und englischer Sprache!

Gold -monograph-, Joaquim Callen

Origin, history, mining, collecting and properties Ein Nachfolgeband des ersten Buches, das 2014 unter dem Titel "Gold for collectors" veröffentlicht wurde und innerhalb von 8 Monaten vergriffen war. Dieses Buch überschneidet sich nicht mit dem ersten veröffentlichten Buch und kann auch gelesen werden, ohne das erste Buch erworben zu haben. Gold fasziniert die Menschen seit Anbeginn der Zeit. Die seltenen Goldkristalle faszinieren Mineraliensammler sowohl durch ihre Schönheit als auch durch ihre Seltenheit. Ein unverzichtbares Buch für alle Mineraliensammler, um mehr über dieses kristallisierende Element zu erfahren. 224 Seiten, 270 teils großformatige Farbfotos und Abbildungen, gebunden, Format: 25 x 34 cm, 2023. In englischer Sprache!  

Zlato na Slovensku - Gold in Slovakia, F. Bakos, M. Chovan & P. Zitnan

The book is intended to be a scientific-popular publication, and is devoted to amateurs and professionals interested in gold. A brief history of gold mining in Slovakia illustrated by old photographs and artistic drawings, will certainly attract not only professionals but the general-public as well. 429 pages, numerous photos and illustrations, 2017. In slowakischer und englischer Sprache!

Rudabanya - Mining, Geology, Minerals; Szakall S. et al.

Rudabánya is a mining town with a long and famous history. The settlement is located 50 km north of Miskolc in Northern Hungary and mining has been going on there since times before written history, albeit not without hiatuses of varying durations. Earth pigments, copper, silver and iron ore represent the notable mineral raw materials of the area. Another very interesting feature of the locality is related to significant palaeontological findings in connection with Hominidae. For mineralogists, it is considered one of the archetypal European mineral localities, especially with respect to its secondary copper minerals. Azurite, malachite, native copper, and cuprite specimens from Rudabánya can be found in numerous museums and private collections worldwide. Throughout the almost 40 years which have passed since the closing of Rudabánya’s commercial iron ore mine, knowledge concerning the complex mineral formations of the area has improved considerably. This is the result of renewed ore prospecting efforts, leading to a better understanding of mineralization phases and parageneses. Alongside such progress, the number of recognized mineral species from the mining site has significantly increased thanks to the thousands of samples gathered by collectors and also due to the work of experts studying these samples. Only about 40 mineral species were known when the mine was closed in 1985, but by the time of publication of the present book the number of mineral species found and documented at Rudabánya had increased to around 180. Some of the minerals discovered in recent decades are rarities worldwide and these include samples of silver-mercury-sulpho-halides, and silver and copper amalgams. In 2018 rudabányaite was registered as a new mineral species and accordingly received its name after the mining town. With regard to its mineralogical fame, Rudabánya stands out not only for the splendid occurrence of secondary copper minerals but also because of its unique mineral associations.   172 p, a lot of mineral photos and illustrations, 2022.

Dreher Masterworks at the Houston Museum of Natural Science; G. Staebler & N. Hald

A tribute to the history, life and work of Idar-Oberstein carver Gerd Dreher and his talented family, this book of limited edition is intended as to accompany a exhibition of Dreher carvings at the Houston Museum of Natural Science. Drawings from numerous references and many hours of interviews, this volume chronicles Gerd's journey from apprentice to master, placing his work and that of his family in cultural context. This outsized volume, extravagantly illustrated with Scovil photos, is a celebration of the life and work of Gerd Dreher and his family's hardstone carving dynasty. 368 pages, hundreds of color photographs, in English, 29,5 x 35,5 cm, Hardcover, 2022.

The Pinch Collection; Michael J. Bainbridge

One of the most influential mineral collectors of our time, William W. Pinch brought leadership, context, and connoisseurship to the intellectually elite craft of species collecting. His first collection set lasting standards for the genre before selling in 1989 to the Canadian Museum of Nature for a record-setting 3.5 million US dollars. That collection and the enigmatic Pinch are the subject of this highly anticipated volume, superbly narrated and illustrated by photographer and storyteller Michael Bainbridge, who spent hundreds of hours working with the collection and interviewing Pinch, his family, friends, and contemporaries. 288 pages, Hardcover, 31 x 26,5 cm, in English, 2020  

The Smale Collection II; Steve Smale & Jeffrey A. Scovil

A lifetime of travel and collaboration has blessed renowned mathematician Steve Smale with access to great minerals often just as the parts of the globe he happened to find himself on were at their peaks, specimen-wise. A follow up to his first book, The Smale Collection II reflects the professor's lifetime of travels and the cultivation of his refined aesthetic. The book showcases selections from his collection many of which were featured in his perennial page in The Mineralogical Record as well as pieces from his Chinese Virtual Museum and a few dozen favorites. Coupling state-of-the art print technology and Scovil photos, this book serves up eye candy so vivid you can taste it. 176 pages, Hardcover, 30 x 25 cm, in English, 2021

Fossiles du Maroc / Fossils from Morocco Vol.2a, Patrice Lebrun

Fossiles du Maroc / Fossils from Morocco Vol.2a, Patrice Lebrun   Morocco have yielded incomparable palaeontological record on the life evolution since the Precambrian. The sedimentary strata from the end of the Permian to the Pliocene-Pleistocene preserve numerous invertebrate and vertebrate fossils, some of which are well-known to collectors. This first part of the volume 2 of “Fossils of Morocco” is dedicated to emblematic localities of Mesozoic and Paleogene (Argana, Amellago, El Mers, Imsouane, “Kem Kem beds”, Asfla-Goulmima, Tselfat, Oulad Abdoun …). The essential guide to know and visit the fossil Morocco. Size : 24 x 31 cm Illustrated with several hundred color photographs Many maps and drawings Rigid binding High-end finish Book in French and in English. 304 pages, more than 900 photographs, many maps and drawings. Size: 31,5 x 25 cm. 2018. In English and French.