Not stones. Cultural tour of the mineraloid world

The visual study focuses on mineraloids: <laqua; stones&raquao; organic origin. They are unique in that  their  formation is impossible without organic processes and  water effects, almost all of them are only available on our planet. A popular scientific publication with  a cultural slope (from  rock properties and  places of birth to  jewellery, mythology and  effects on  mass culture) may be interesting for geologists, hemologists, miners, stone collectors, that&nbsp0; also for artists, jewelers, designers that&nbsp1; other topics of interest.

The publication will complement the range of museum stores (e.g., the Museum of Mines of the '  Fersman Ran and the Museum of Yantar), organically in the nbsp; section with nbsp; scientific popular literature in 'nbsp; bookshops (Moscow, Republic, Ziolkovsky, Subscriptions, etc.)

The chapter is divided into a few parts, in [nbsp;] each of the [nbsp;] they are described about the most famous mineraloids (in]nbsp; in the cultural sense.

U  all mineraloids have 3  pair: density, hardness, and  color. Each sub-chapter starts with a new page and a  information about  stone. Most of the publication is so  even.

In the main part, there are twists with the 'nbsp; images. They allow for a broader view of the story of one or more mineraloids.

The framework, as an element of technical aesthetics, is used to describe the manifestations of the Mineral Museum  im. Fersman. Photos, inside the frame, are shown in  scale 1:1.