Rocks and Minerals - A Guide to Minerals, Gems, and Rocks

by Herbert S. Zim, Raymond Perlman (Illustrator), Paul R. Shaffer

This Golden Press edition was continuously in print from 1957 through the 1970's (first from Simon and Schuster, then from Western Publishing). A guide to identifying rocks and minerals, and an explanation of their importance in our daily lives. Lavishly illustrated and clearly written, the Golden Guides were the most popular and revered series of science and nature books for young people ever published, inspiring many a future scientist.

160 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 1957

About the author

Herbert Spencer Zim (July 12, 1909 – December 5, 1994) was a naturalist, author, editor and educator best known as the founder (1945) and editor-in-chief of the Golden Guides series of nature books.