The Buyer's Guide

Lin Hersh has produced a labor of love. In these 118 pages she has exquisitely photographed and described many beautiful types of quartz crystals.

Have you ever been confused by the many descriptions of crystals you find for sale? Do you know the difference between a Twin and a Dolphin or a Centerpoint and a Cathedral? Have you ever wished someone would just show you a picture so you could see what all these crystals look like?

Well you have found what you are looking for.

Here in easy to read, easy to understand language, with clear photography, Lin explains over 75 different types and shapes of quartz crystals.

The book isn't big....about 5 x 7 inches. It will fit in your pocket...but it is packed with valuable information you can use as you hunt for that "perfect crystal."

Here is an example page. As you can see the photos are big and bright.

This page shows the characteristics of an Isis Face crystal. Notice how the page is completely devoted to the photo. This allows the reader to clearly see the distinguishing characteristic. On a different page she explains exactly what makes a crystal an Isis Face.

"The main facet has only five edges which looks like a triangle over a rectangle. The imaginary line between these two shapes is the base line for the next two adjacent faces. The main face may or may not reach the to the tip of the stone"

Putting the description together with the picture tells you that an Isis Face is a five sided face that looks like a large triangle with the two lower corners trimmed off.

Here is another example page from this great book.

Notice in the pictures that you can clearly see what appears to be another crystal inside the clear crystal.

Now you know what a "Phantom" crystal should look like.

Here is how Lin describes a Phantom:

"The appearance of an outline or a solid body of another crystal within the host crystal caused by an interruption in the growth of the host, and allowing the extra material to settle on the initial growth. Phantoms may be blue, black, tan, green, amethyst, smoky, all quartz, combination of these and with white, or white alone; and variance in texture from solid to the most finely ground pepper. "

As you can see, this book will make understanding quartz crystals easy!