Book dossier
by R. F. Symes, R Harding, DK Publishing
Describes how crystals form in nature, how crystals are grown artificially, and how crystals are used in industry. Numerous color photos with text identify the various gemstones.
The Seven Lamps of Architecture
John Ruskin
The ethics of the dust
Systema naturae
Carl Linnaeus
The Crown of Wild Olive: Three Lectures on Work, Traffic and War
Munera pulveris
The works of John Ruskin
A text-book of mineralogy
Edward Salisbury Dana
A System of Mineralogy:
James D. Dana
Crystal structures
Ralph W. G. Wyckoff