Company Profile

For over forty years, Gem Guides has been publishing and distributing books on rocks, minerals, gemstones, fossils, lapidary arts, crystals and crystal healing, jewelry and bead crafts, gold prospecting, treasure hunting and related topics. We offer a wide selection of titles on these topics from both large, well-known publishers and small independents.

Our list includes:

  • Field guides for rock hounds and fossil collectors.
  • Beautifully illustrated how-to-manuals for jewelry and bead crafters.
  • Gemstone and diamond buying guides
  • Metaphysical books on crystal healing and minerals from popular authors such as Melody, Judy Hall, Michael Gienger, and others.
  • A comprehensive selection of gold prospecting books from experts in the field.
  • Children’s books for Jr. Rock and Fossil Hunters
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    In addition to traditional bookstores, our customers include a wide variety of retailers throughout the U.S., Canada and overseas, including rock shops, mineral dealers, New Age stores, museum shops, prospecting suppliers, and gift stores of all kinds.

    These retailers find that our books add value and increase sales of their related lines.

    Click on the category links on our home page to download and print catalog pages.

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