Zim, Herbert S., Shaffer, Paul R. (1957) Rocks and Minerals - A Guide to Familiar Minerals, Gems, Ores and Rocks (1st ed.). Golden Press. 160 pp.

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Reference Type	Book (edition)
Book Title	Rocks and Minerals - A Guide to Familiar Minerals, Gems, Ores and Rocks
Authors	Zim, Herbert S.		Author
Authors	Shaffer, Paul R.		Author
Year	1957
Page(s)	160
Publisher	Golden Press	Place	New York
Classification	549 - Mineralogy	LoC	QE365 - Geology: Mineralogy: Popular works
Mindat Ref. ID	1118655	Long-form Identifier	mindat:1:5:1118655:9
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	*Zim, Herbert S., Shaffer, Paul R. (1967) Rocks and Minerals - A Guide to Familiar Minerals, Gems, Ores and Rocks. Paul Hamlyn Ltd.*
	*Zim, Herbert S., Shaffer, Paul R. (1965) Rocks and Minerals - A Guide to Familiar Minerals, Gems, Ores and Rocks. Hamlyn Publishing Group Ltd.*
	Zim, Herbert S., Shaffer, Paul R., Latimer, Jonathan P., Nolting, Karen Stray, Post, Jeffrey, Pohwat, Paul W. (2001) Rocks, Gems and Minerals - A Guide to Familiar Minerals, Gems, Ores and Rocks. St. Martin's Press, New York.
	*Rhodes, Frank H. T., Zim, Herbert S., Shaffer, Paul R. (1962) Fossils* - A Guide to Prehistoric Life. Golden Press, New York.**
	*Zim, Herbert S. (1961) Rocks and How they were Formed. Golden Press.*
	*Romaine, Garret (2012) Rocks, Gems, and Minerals* (1st ed.) Falcon Guides.**
	*Hamilton, W. R., Woolley, A. R., Bishop, A. C. (1977) The Hamlyn Guide to Minerals, Rocks and Fossils* (1st ed.) Hamlyn.**
	*Pough, Frederick H. (1953) A Field Guide to Rocks and Minerals* (1st ed.) Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston & New York.**
	*Shaffer, Paul R. (1954) The Golden Stamp book of Rocks and Minerals. Western Publishing Co. Inc., Racine, WI.*
	*Polk, Patti (2010) Collecting Rocks, Gems and Minerals: Identification, Values and Lapidary Uses* (1st ed.) Krause Publications.**
	*(1977) The Complete Guide to Rocks, Gems and Minerals. Castle Books.*

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Zim, Herbert S., Shaffer, Paul R. (1957) Rocks and Minerals - A Guide to Familiar Minerals, Gems, Ores and Rocks (1st ed.). Golden Press. 160 pp.

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