Library

GLMSMC owns a number of publications on gem and mineral topics, which members may borrow. If you are interested in borrowing one of the following publications, please let the librarian know at librarian@glmsmc.com, so that he can bring it to the next meeting.

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Research Publications

Mineralogy

• Field Excursions to D.C.'s Urban Geology
• Geology-Its Role in the Development and Planning of Metropolitan Washington
• Serpentinite and Rodingite in the Hunting Hill Quarry, Mont. Co., MD
• The Mineralogy and Petrology of Intrusive Triassic Diabase at Goose Creek, VA

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Pamphlets and leaflets

Archeology

• Maryland Archeology: Journey Through Time

Collecting

• Collecting Rocks (USGS)
• Connecticut Mines and Minerals 1971
• Illustrated Guide to Common Rocks
• Rock Hound's Guide to Connecticut 1968
• Safety Booklet (GLMS, Montgomery County, MD) (Busch) 1965
• Suggestions for Prospecting
• Use and Conservation of Minerals

Dinosaurs

• Dinosaurs in Maryland

Earthquake

• Earthquakes
• Earthquakes in Maryland
• Engineering Geology
• Instrumentation for Today and Tomorrow
• Our Changing Continent
• Safety and Survival in an Earthquake
• The Interior of the Earth
• The San Andreas Fault
• The Severity of an Earthquake

Fossils

• Calvert Cliffs Maryland
• Fossils, Rocks, and Time
• Miocene Sharks Teeth of Calvert County
• Museum and Fossil Pit (Hampton, VA)
• Trip Guide to Calvert County, MD
• USGS P-1066-K, Echinoderms, Kentucky 1981

Gem Stones

• Gem Making as a Hobby
• Gem Stones (Bureau of Mines)
• Gem Stones (Bureau of Mines) Bulletin 556
• Gem Stones (Bureau of Mines) Bulletin 675
• Natural Gemstones

Maps

• Cartography at the U.S. Geological Survey
• Finding Your Way with Map and Compass
• Geologic Maps: Portraits of the Earth
• Geological Highway Map Northeastern Region
• Helping Your Child Learn Geography
• Topographic Mapping

Miscellaneous

• AFMS Guidelines for Bulletin Editors 1973
• AFMS Guidelines for Exhibitors 1980
• AFMS Safety Manual
• Building Stones of Maryland
• Geology Deserts (USGS)
• Geology of Caves
• Geysers (USGS)
• Landforms of the United States
• List of Publications of Maryland Geological Survey
• Raytech Catalog
• Star Diamond Catalog

Geology

• A Brief History of the U. S. Geological Survey
• Denver's Geologic Setting
• Geologic History of Cape Cod, Massachusetts
• Geologic Time
• Geology: Science & Profession
• Glaciers: Clues to Future Climate?
• Glaciers:A Water Resource
• Pennsylvania Geology
• Permafrost
• Plain Geology
• The Big Five (Rivers)
• The Exclusive Economic Zone: An Exciting New Frontier
• The Geology of Radon (USGS)
• The Great Ice Age
• The Great Salt Lake
• The Mineral Industry of Maryland
• Tree Rings:Timekeepers of the Past
• U.S. Geological Survey: Earth Science in the Public Service
• USGS Bull.1471, The River & the Rocks 1980
• USGS P-0628, Tectonics of North America 1969
• USGS P-903, Paleozoic & Mesozoic Rocks 1976
• USGS P-1205, Accotink Schist 1981
• USGS P-1231-A, Virginia Volcanic Plutonic Belt 1981
• USGS Bull.1358 Lexicon of Geological Names, U. S. 1961-67

Gold

• Gold (USGS)
• Gold in Maryland
• Gold Veins Near Great Falls, MD, GS Bull1286 (Reed 1969)
• Marking of Jewelry and Novelties of Silver
• Prospecting for Gold in the United States (USGS)

Marine Geology

• Marine Geology (USGS)
• Steps to the Moon
• Why is the Ocean Salty?

Volcanoes

• Man Against Volcano: The Eruption on Heimaey, Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland
• Volcanic Hazards at Mount Shasta, CA

Videos

• 32nd GLMS Show
• 32nd GLMS Show
• 33rd GLMS Show
• 34th GLMS Show
• 34th GLMS Show
• 38th GLMS Show
• 39th GLMS Show
• Creating a Cabochon
• First Steps to Lapidary
• Frontline Diamonds-The DeBeers Cartel
• Gemstones of America
• Gold Dredge (California)
• Learning Channel Hunt for Amazing Treasures
• Salt?
• Stewart Tourmaline Story
• The Minerals of Morocco

Books

• A Guide for Rockhounds and Prospectors (Hayes)
• A Guide to Field Identification Rocks and Minerals (Sorrell)
• A Range Guide to Mines and Minerals (Ransom)
• Advanced Cabachon Cutting (Cox 1971)
• Appalachian Mineral & Gem Trails (Zeitner 1968)
• Assorted Pamphlets on Canada Mineral Collecting
• Black Light Creates Fascinating Fluorescence (Braun 1968)
• Building Stones of Our Nation's Capital (USGS 1998)
• Cabochon Cutting (Cox 1970)
• Canyon County Parklands, Treasures of the Great Plateau (NGS) (Thybo)
• Carl Faberge (Snowman 1979)
• Collecting Fossils in Maryland (Glaser 1977)
• Collecting Fossils in Maryland (Glaser 1979)
• Collector's Guide to Fossil Sharks & Fish (Shelton 1976)
• Color Treasury of Crystals (Orbis Publication 1972)
• Color Treasury of Crystals (Orbis Publication 1973)
• Colorado Gem Trails & Mining Guide (Pearl)
• Creative Casting (Choate 1966)
• Creative Gold & Silversmithing (Choate 1970)
• Crystal & Mineral Collecting (Sanborn 1966)
• Dana's System of Mineralogy, Vol. I (Palache, et.al. 1944)
• Dana's System of Mineralogy, Vol. II (Palache, et.al. 1951)
• Dana's System of Mineralogy, Vol. III (Palache, et.al. 1962)
• Dana's Textbook of Mineralogy (Ford 1958)
• Dana's Textbook of Mineralogy (Ford 1966)
• Descriptions of Gem Materials (Vargas 1972)
• Desert Gem Trails (Strong 1966)
• Eastern Gem Hunters Atlas (Johnson 1976)
• Echinoderms (Broadhead&Waters 1980)
• Emeralds of North Carolina (Harshaw 1974)
• Encyclopedia of Minerals (Roberts, et.al. 1974)
• Engraved Gems (Boardman 1968)
• Exhibiting, The Show Biz Aspect of the Hobby (Mummert&Shelton 1990)
• Facet Cutter's Handbook (Soukup 1962)
• Faceting for Amateurs (Vargas 1977)
• Field Guide to Gems & Minerals (Pough 1960)
• Field Guide to Gems & Minerals of Mexico (Johnson 1965)
• Field Guide to Rocks & Minerals (Pough 1966)
• First Book of Stones (Cormack 1950)
• Fossil Collecting in Mid-Atlantic States (Burns 1991)
• Fossil Vertebrates (Thomas 1968)
• Fossils (Mathews 1962)
• Gem Testing (Anderson 1948)
• Gem Trails of Arizona (Simpson 1977)
• Gem Trails of Texas (Simpson 1967)
• Gem Tumbling & Baroque Jewelry Making (Victor 1962)
• Gemcutting (Sinkankas)
• Gemmologists Compendium (Webster 1967)
• Gems & Minerals of Oxford Co., Maine (Stevens 1972)
• Gems and Gold in the West (Rynerson)
• Gemstone Carving (Walter 1977)
• Gemstones & Decorative-Ornamental Stones of Virginia (Penick 1992)
• Gemstones (Overview of U.S. Production) (Austin 1995)
• Gemstones (Smith 1958)
• Gemstones of North America, Vol. II (Sinkankas 1976)
• Geology (Putnam 1964)
• Geology: Local Resources for Collecting and Learning About Rocks&Fossils (Barr)
• Guide to Michigan Fossils (Kelley 1962)
• Handbook for Prospectors (Pearl 1973)
• Handbook for Prospectors (Pearl 1978)
• Handbook of Gem Identification (Liddicoat 1977)
• Handbook of Paleozoology (Kuhn-Schryder&Rieber 1986)
• Handwrought Jewelry (Franke 1962)
• Hiking Guide to Monongahela National Forest and Vicinity (WV Highlands Conservancy)
• Hunting for Fossils (Murray 1967)
• Illustrated Guide to Fossil Collecting (Cas 1970)
• Illustrated Guide to Fossil Vertebrate (Garcia 1974)
• Invert. Paleontology, Part G-Bryozoa (revised Vol.I) (G.S.A. 1983)
• Kansas Rocks & Minerals (Tolsted&Swineford 1969)
• Manual of Mineralogy (Hurlburt 1977)
• Maryland Gold Fever (Goetz 1979)
• Mason Creek Fossils (Nitecki 1979)
• Massachusetts Minerals & Fossil Localities (Gleba 1978)
• Mica Deposits of the Southeastern Piedmont, Amelia Dist.,VA (USGS 1952)
• Midwest Gem Trails (Zeitner 1964)
• Mineral & Gem Trails of New England (Sloan)
• Mineral Collecting in Pennsylvania (Lapham & Geyer 1972)
• Mineral Collection in Maine Pegmatite Belt (Maine Fed Clubs 1973)
• Mineral Guide to New England (Morrill, et.al. 1963)
• Mineral Recognition (Vanders & Kerr)
• Mineralogy of Pennsylvania (Smith 1966-75)
• Minerals and Man (Hurlburt)
• Minerals of Laurel Hill, NJ (Faciolla 1981)
• Minerals of the Washington, D.C. Area (Bernstein 1976)
• Minerals of the Washington, D.C. Area (Bernstein 1977)
• Minerals of the Washington, D.C. Area (Bernstein 1980)
• Paleontology, An Introduction (Nield & Tucker 1985)
• Practical Gemmology (Webster 1966)
• Precious Stones, Vol. I (Bauer 1968)
• Precious Stones, Vol. II (Bauer 1968)
• Quartz Crystal Deposits of Western Arkansas (USGS 1952)
• Rhodes 1962
• Roadside Geology of Vermont & New Hampshire (Van Diver 1987)
• Rock & Mineral Collecting in Canada, Vol. I (Sabina 1970)
• Rockhounding in Arkansas (Dodson 1974)
• Rocks & Minerals (Arem 1973)
• Search for the Past (Beerbower 1968)
• Shellcraft (Stevens)
• Simon&Schusters Guide to Rocks & Minerals (1978)
• Spotters Guide to Rocks & Minerals (Woolley)
• Stereogram book of Rocks Minerals & Gems (Techter)
• Stones, Their Collection, Identification and Uses (Dietrich 1980)
• Sulfide Mineralization in the Shenandoah Valley of VA (Herbert& Young 1956)
• The Agate Book (Dake 1951)
• The Art of Gemcutting (Dake & Pearl 1945)
• The Book of Agates and Other Quartz Gems (Quick 1963)
• The Book of Agates and Other Quartz Gems (Quick 1976)
• The Dawn of Life (Pinna 1972)
• The Encyclopedia of Jewelry Making Techniques (McGrath)
• The Fossil World (Moody 1977)
• The Grand Canyon
• The International Handbook (Zirlin 1981)
• The Jewelry Engravers Manual (Hardy 1976)
• The Jewelry Engravers Manual (Hardy 1977)
• The Lake Superior Agate (Wolter 1986)
• The Miners (Wallace)
• The Mosasaur, Vol. III (DE Valley Pal Soc 1986)
• The Opal Book (Leechman 1961)
• The Opal Book (Leechman 1977)
• The Polarizing Microscope (Cooke,et.al.)
• The Rock Book (Fenton and Fenton)
• The Science of Gems (Fisher 1966)
• Towpath Guide to the C&O Canal (Hahn)
• Trap Rock Minerals of New Jersey (Mason 1960)
• Treasures in Gold and Silver (Pompa 1975)
• Tumbler's Guide (Balej 1963)
• Two Books in One Jewelry (Coles)
• Ultraviolet Guide to Minerals (Gleason 1960)
• Ultraviolet Guide to Minerals (Gleason 1972)
• Upper Carboniferous Fossil Flora of Nova Scotia (Zodrow&McCandlish 1980)
• US Bur. of Mines Mining & Mineral Operations in the New England & Mid-Atl States (1976)
• Ward's Earth Science Catalog
• Western Gem Hunters Atlas (Johnson 1963)
• Western Gem Hunters Atlas (Johnson 1966)

Geo. Soc. of America Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology

• 1 Part C Protista 2 (1)
• 2 Part C Protista 2 (2)
• 3 Part D Protista 3
• 4 Part F Coelenterata
• 5 Part G Bryozoa
• 6 Part H Brachiopoda (1)
• 7 Part H Brachiopoda (2)
• 8 Part I Mollusca 1
• 9 Part K Mollusca 3
• 10 Part L Mollusca 4
• 12 Part N Mollusca 6 (2)
• 13 Part O Arthropoda 1
• 14 Part P Arthropoda 2
• 15 Part Q Arthropoda 3
• 16 Part R Arthropoda 4 (1)
• 17 Part R Arthropoda 4 (2)
• 18 Echinodermata 1 (1)
• 19 Echinodermata 1 (2)
• 20 Echinodermata 3 (1)
• 21 Echinodermata 3 (2)
• 22 Rev
• 23 Part W Miscellaneous