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A Rumor of Gems (Gemstone) by Ellen Steiber
Fifty-Two Steps Underground: An Autobiography of a Miner by Ernie Ronn
Rhymes of the Mines Life In the Underground Second Edition by compiler Janice Coggin
Tales About Metals by S. Venetsky
ROCKS AND MAN by Myra SHACKLEY
The Weighman: A Short, Personal History of the Caledonia Mining Company in Poetry, Prose and Song by Mona Gillis
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About my libraryBooks about minerals & mining history, including the human side of mining (+books written by miners); gemstones & jewelry and their history, field trip guides, rockhound-ism and a bit of geology.
Art books, design; Expressionist architecture; the "Crystal Chain" of Bruno Taut, Wenzel Hablik, Paul Scheerbart et al; geometric design, polytopes & paper folding; sculpture, esp. in stone. A few books in German, French & Russian. Researching the Russian fabulist Pavel Bazhov. Often at play among the databases/webs...
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* the Darth Bane novels by Drew Karpyshyn have a "cortosis miner" protagonist, cortosis is a fictional metal in the Star Wars universe:
http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Cortosis
and there are "lightsaber crystals" (huge list!):
http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Lightsabe...
* Tales of Neveryon by Samuel Delany, miner protagonist (he was mentioned in the other thread but not this particular collection), also stories in his collection Driftglass (various stones, jewels), and Empire Star where the narrator is a jewel!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_Star
* the first book in the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series by Alexander McCall Smith - the protagonist's father was a miner. Realistic account of South African mines (IIRC)
* Greg Egan is big on fictional "memory crystals". Several works. Learning the be Me is IIRC a good example.
* anime series Fullmetal Alchemist is basically a wild goose chase for the fictional Philosopher's Stone.
* anime series Sailor Moon uses a 'minerals' naming scheme for villains. Zoisite, Nephrite etc.
I'll try to think of more, hope this helps somewhat :)
posted by prezzey at 9:56 pm (EST) on May 23, 2009