Great gift (5.0)

This is a beautiful coffee table style book, wish it was hard cover! It is a great guide to stones and I have given it to many people as gifts, it can be for a novice or someone who just wants a great reference tool. The picture are really well done and a great deal of infomation. I do like her other two books as well.

Misleading description and not suitable for children (2.0)

One might get the impression from the editorial review that you could learn about the science of crystals, but there is very little scientific information. Only about 4 pages out of the 288 pages contain significant science, with scientific information about individual crystals being limited to the crystal type (hexagonal/cubic/etc.), hardness and chemical formula. The information about fluorescence is limited to a general description in three paragraphs on page 16, with no information about fluorescence for individual crystals. Mixing scientific
and superstition-based information, as it does, may also mislead someone trying to learn the science of crystals, particularly children, There are several explicit references to sexuality. The book probably isn't suitable for children, despite the pretty pictures.

I cannot comment on the quality of the information about chakras as I really don't know anything about that.

easy crystals (4.0)

this is the book I've needed for a long time. I'm not good at remembering names, but colors are easy. So, to be able to find a cystal by color is very helpful. Thank you for putting this book together.

crystal enlightenment (5.0)

I was very happy to receive this book. It is so helpful to have more pictures of the different stones so you can make a better more informed decision on what it is you've found. I find that having more than one reference helps in both identification and which stone works for what ailment.

Great reference book! (5.0)

I have the Crystal Bible by the same author and have really enjoyed it. I bought this book to give to a friend who shares my fascination and love of crystals. I chose to give her this one over my existing version because it has hundreds more crystals than my smaller book. It also has much more information on the listings. It is organized by color which can help when you don't know the name of the stone you are looking for, but there is also an alphabetical index if you want to search for a specific crystal. The photos are beautiful. I have looked through this book with my friend and I like it so much I plan to order one for myself and probably give away my smaller Crystal Bible to someone else. I absolutely recommend this book. It's even nice enough for a coffee table book.