Reddit reviews Classics in Spectroscopy: Isolation and Structure Elucidation of Natural Products
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I might check this book out
http://www.amazon.com/Classics-Spectroscopy-Stefan-Berger/dp/3527325166
It's about how you isolate and purify natural compounds. It does get a bit heavy into organic chemistry and spectroscopy, but you should be able to follow the techniques and history and uses.
Another topic you could look at is astrochemistry. What chemical tests have been done by the Mars rovers, preliminary results from the Rosetta mission.