Identifying Rocks

[Izzy]

Hi,

I've inherited a couple of hundred rocks in two or three large boxes that also contain a couple of hundred identifcation tags. Unfortunately, the tags are attached to the rocks and so I've literally no idea which tag should go with which rock.

It looks as though the rocks are from all other the world but there are also a lot of names that I recognise from UK. Could anyone receommend a really good book that would allow a complete novice like me start identifying them.

Alternatively, I'd be happy to post some pictures of them if someone would like to take up the challenge of idenifying them with me.

Thanks

Izzy

[Tinkerbell]

Don't know if you still have the rocks Izzy, but there is an excellent department in the museum in Edinburgh which may be able to help. Many different rocks on display, so maybe they have a website which would enable identification - you could be the owner of emeralds, diamonds etc. without knowing it!