292pp., colour illus., maps, paperback, Cape Town, 2004
Documents common, rare and unusual rocks and minerals of South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Swaziland and southern Mozambique.
Bruce Cairncross is Professor of Geology and Chairman of the Geology Department at the University of Johannesburg. He is the author of Rocks & Minerals of Southern Africa, pocket guide.