Agates (Our Land)

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Co-published by the National Museums of Scotland and the British Museum (Natural History), this guide to the national agate collection of Scotland, as well as other British agates and a selection from other parts of the worlds, introduces the geology of the beautiful stones, their occurrence and distribution in the British Isles and elsewhere, and the basics of collecting, cutting, and polishing. With 165 color photographs. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR