Foreword by Archaeologist Spyridon Markou .

This book gives a lot of information about the science of Mineralogy in Ancient Greece. Contains the ancient Greek names of various minerals as well as their modern names. Contains a table of various minerals attested to by Ancient Greek writers. Finally, four Ancient Greek works on Mineralogy are included (ancient text, rendering in modern Greek, commentary):

The "Stones" and "Stone Sermons" of the Orphics , "On Stones" by Socrates and Dionysius and "On Stones" by Theophrastus (father of Mineralogy).