What awesome craftsmanship appears throughout this unique volume--the zenith of an art that marries the world’s most exceptional gems with exquisitely-honed metal designs.
This book is the definitive guide to gems for over 20 years, takes the mystery out of appreciating, buying and selling all kinds.
A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public
"Gems and Gemstones" features nearly 300 color images of cut gems, precious and semiprecious stones, gem-quality mineral specimens, and fine jewelry to be unveiled in the new Grainger Hall of Gems at the Field Museum in Chicago.
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... Old English Version of Bede's Eccle-. siastical History of the English People, EETS. 110, 111. Morris, R: The ... Contributions to Old English Lexicography, Reprinted from the Philol. Soc. Trans. 1906. Hertford 1906. New English ...
This book gives you all the information you need to buy, collect, sell or simply enjoy sapphires, emeralds, rubies and other coloured gemstones with confidence and knowledge.
It is only in the last few centuries that advances in science and the understanding of chemistry, composition, and geological processes have allowed for the synthesis of gemstones. Today the use of imitations and synthetics is ...
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