This booklet has been designed to serve as a brief, simple guide that
will be of help to school children, amateur collectors, and others who
are just beginning to develop an interest in the rocks and minerals of
Texas. It is a companion volume to _Texas Fossils_ by William H.
Matthews III published as Guidebook No. 2 by the Bureau of Economic
Geology.
Numerous present and former staff members of The University of Texas
contributed time and talents to the preparation of this book, and their
help is gratefully acknowledged: Peter T. Flawn, Director of the Bureau
of Economic Geology, Thomas E. Brown, John W. Dietrich, Alan Humphreys,
Elbert A. King, Jr., Peter U. Rodda, and others, including the late John
T. Lonsdale, made many helpful suggestions; John S. Harris and Miss
Josephine Casey edited the manuscript; Cader A. Shelby prepared a number
of the photographs; Bill M. Harris made the illustrative sketches under
the direction of James W. Macon; and Cyril Satorsky designed the cover.
Texas Rocks and Minerals
An Amateur’s Guide