Simon and Schuster's Guide to gems and precious stones
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Simon and Schuster's Guide to gems and precious stones
（A fireside book）（Nature guide series）
Simon and Schuster, c1986
- : pbk.
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Tutto--pietre preziose
Simon & Schuster's Guide to gems and precious stones
Guide to gems and precious stones
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Tutto--pietre preziose
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Hokkaido University, Library, Graduate School of Science, Faculty of Science and School of Science図書
: pbk.553.8/C4959970001010
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Translation of: Il Tutto--pietre preziose
Cover title: Simon & Schuster's guide to gems and precious stones
Bibliography: p. [381]
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Simon & Schuster's Guide to Gems and Precious Stones provides both the connoisseur and the casual collector with a compact, easy-to-use volume describing more than 100 rare varieties of minerals whose beauty and mystery have possessed our imaginations from time immemorial. More than 450 brilliant photographs accompany profiles of each gem, covering such aspects as appearance, physical properties -- density, hardness, refraction -- occurrence, and how to judge quality and value. Additional sections describe the process of cutting gemstones and the techniques professional gemologists use to evaluate a stone's weight and optical properties.
Detailed and comprehensive, this book is essential for anyone interested in the study of gems and precious stones.
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