The Book of Stones: Who They Are and What They Teach Paperback – March 10, 2015

Book is in excellent condition. Illustrations appear to be well-selected for purpose of identification. Lots of descriptive text for each entry

This is an amazingly interesting book that combines science with cultural inspirations and contexts. In this way, we are not only informed about the stones' physical and visual properties including hardness ratings, but how each has been incorporated into the broader cultural worldviews of people both across the globe and throughout time.

Very thorough, with hundreds of stones and crystals. Color photos of each stone are included as well as their molecular structure. Spiritual, emotional and physical manifestations are written with specific information for use of crystals.I love the beauty of crystals and this book includes any kind of stone or crystal that I will come across.A fantastic book!

I've had this book before and loved it. There's a lot of useful scientific information in here but there's also some information on the metaphysical properties. That's not really my thing but I'm always interested to learn.

I don’t know very much about stones, so this gives me a wonderful resource. The information presented in the forward and preface is rich!

This is just what I was looking for. I have a good field guide that was given to me. But I was looking for a book that had spiritual information about the crystals. This book had it. It talks about the crystals geologically, but it also has spiritual information. It is all in one heavy book. The book itself is well made. They use heavy stock of semi gloss paper. The photos are sharp. I read about it online. It came well recommended. I am glad I got it. I keep it in the plastic envelope that Amazon sent it in. I've got three cats so have to protect the book.

This is my go to book for diving into my crystal collection. I appreciate the two different perspectives with each stone entry. I enjoy learning about some more scientific attributes as well as metaphysical and spiritual. This is 100% a reference book and not for someone about the general practice. I highly recommend this book to anyone who collects for fun or for spiritual reasons!

I highly recommend this book! I think I own--or have read--almost every crystal book and this is my favorite as far as a "crystal healing" book goes. Wonderful descriptions and photos. If you want a smaller book to carry with you, there is also a pocket version by the same author!