The Sourcebook Of Decorative Stone by Monica Price
In her sweeping, authoritative reference, The Sourcebook Of Decorative Stone (Firefly Books, September 15, hardcover), the author focuses on 300 rocks and minerals that are particularly popular or of special historic interest, from the most common to the exquisitely rare.
The book is organized by geological type, with information about their source, history and use; where they are quarried; how they are related and how they differ.