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21) Gems
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224 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm.
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English
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Introduces over four hundred different gemstone specimens, with descriptions, identification tips, and classification information for each stone.
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English
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This follow-up to Uma Silbey's The Ultimate Guide to Crystals and Stones is designed to be instructional as well as inspirational, creating an opportunity through her extensive level of expertise so that you can examine and heal your emotional turmoil as well as that of others.
This groundbreaking book provides detailed information about how to use crystal and stone energy to transform painful feelings and emotional turmoil into inner harmony and...
24) Gems
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English
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Get ready to get your hands dirty with Gems. With its reader-friendly and interactive approach, this title covers key curriculum Earth science topics in an engaging way. This title explores the natural processes, how geologists study gems, and how gems relate to the reader's daily life. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Core Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing Company.
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199 pages ; 21 cm.
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English
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"Jewels and their lapidaries have all but passed into myth. Jorit, broke and branded a thief, just wants to escape the Far Reaches for something better. Ania, a rumpled librarian, is trying to protect her books from the Pressmen, who value knowledge but none of the humanity that generates it. When they stumble upon a mysterious clock powered by an ancient jewel, they may discover secrets in the past that will change the future forever."--Provided...
29) I am a thief!
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32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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English
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When Eliza Jane Murphy--line leader, captain of the worm rescue team--impulsively pockets a sparkly green stone from her classroom's "Exploring Green" display table, her heart crumples. My heart stopped singing. My letters went wonky. I was too heavy to swing! I wanted to put it back...But what if someone saw? But when she discovers that nearly everyone in her family took something once in their lives--from her baby brother and mom, to her nana with...
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192 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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Español
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"Descubre las maravillas que esconde la Tierra y aprende todo lo que siempre quisiste saber sobre rocas, gemas fósiles y conchas. ¿Qué roca es tan ligera que flota? ¿Cómo se forman los cristales? ¿Cuál es el mejor lugar del mundo para buscar fósiles? ¿Qué es una perla? Con más de mil imágenes inreíbles y cientos de datos facinantes, El libro de las rocas y los minerales es una guía indespensable sobre los más extraordinarios tesoros...
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380 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 20 cm
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English
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Contains descriptions and photographs of approximately six hundred minerals, rocks, and meteorites, providing information about the history, origin, structure, composition, properties, classification, and location of each specimen.
33) Ghost diamond!
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Agent Amelia volume 1
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English
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Elementary school secret agent Amelia continues her efforts to save the world from evil geniuses and criminal masterminds, this time foiling a jewel thief, identifying some unusual cat burglars, and evading a weed army.
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"Rocks, Gems, and Minerals of the Southwest is a field guide to more than 100 of the most common and sought-after rocks, gems, and minerals hidden throughout the Southwest. Conveniently sized to fit in your pocket and featuring full-color, detailed photographs, this informative guide makes it easy to identify rocks in your backyard and beyond. Also included is an introduction that covers fundamental geology information and interesting facts. This...
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254 pages : color illustrations, color portrait ; 20 cm
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English
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The Firefly Guide to Minerals, Rocks and Gems is designed for easy and reliable identification of minerals, gems and rocks. The identification process begins with the stone's streak color, which is how the book is organized: Blue, Red, Yellow, Brown, Green Black and White. Using a sequence of straightforward questions and answers -- aided by over 1,000 photographs and drawings -- the book narrows down the possibilities among 350 minerals, gems and...
37) Rocks & minerals
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192 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 24 cm.
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English
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"Impress your friends and family with all these weird but true facts about everything rock and mineral"--
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255 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
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English
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"La energía de los cristales nos aporta grandes beneficios en cualquier ámbito de la vida: concentración en el trabajo, mejor comunicación en nuestras relaciones, mayor armonía en el hogar ... Integrarlos en la rutina diaria, por medio de masajes y prácticas como el yoga o la meditación, favorece el desarrollo personal, desbloquea todo nuestro potencial creativo y nos ayuda a sentirnos mejor con nosotros mismos."--Back cover.
39) The lost stone
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Kingdom of Wrenly volume 1
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English
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Eight-year-old Lucas, Prince of Wrenly, is eager to explore and Clara, daughter of the queen's seamstress, knows the kingdom well, so they team up to find a lost jewel and visit all of the land's main attractions as they search.
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