The Magic of Minerals and Rocks is a book featuring 135 stunning color photographs that cover a wide range of subjects. This includes depictions of extensive rock formations in Europe, America, Australia, and Iceland, as well as close-up shots of just a few square millimeters in size. Photographs of crystals, gemstones, and fossils alternate with images of the finest structures and patterns from thin, transparent slices of rocks and minerals. Photographer Dirk Wiersma guides the reader through various spaces with surprising new shapes and perspectives, sometimes abstract, sometimes (pseudo)realistic. Commonalities often emerge between objects of completely different origins and dimensions. The accompanying short text is written in an easily understandable manner and contains all the necessary background information.