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This is the definitive handbook for the rockhound. Nicely updated with more and better pictures to help in identification of rocks and minerals. Too bad that Peterson's decided to save a nickel on the binding -- my copy of "Rocks and Minerals" was splitting out within a week. I've had other Peterson's Field Guides which were softcover but HARD bound. These are useful handbooks that will last a lifetime. If you buy a cheap paperback to read once, the binding isn't of much concern. A "field guide" deserves better. The "Cambridge Guide to Minerals Rocks and Fossils" is just about as good, is about the same price, and has sewn in pages.