modern photographs of each mineral and stone
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exploring the mystical qualities of 36 fascinating crystals and minerals
The sky-like color of earthly turquoise provides balance between opposing forces
The Illustrated Crystallary modern photographs of each mineralIn the ancient world there were three medicine kingdoms: animal, vegetable, and mineral. Following her previous acclaimed volumes on animal (The Illustrated Bestiary) and vegetable (The Illustrated Herbiary), Maia Toll fulfills the call for mineral with The Illustrated Crystallary, exploring the mystical qualities of 36 fascinating crystals and minerals, including gold, silver, copper, amethyst, hematite, mica, smokey quartz, emerald, ruby, and more.