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Author : Meyer Daniel Rothschild
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1889
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015064562682
Author : Cally Hall
Publisher : DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0241436184
The clearest and cleanest-cut photographic field guide to over 130 gemstones from around the world This compact visual guide is packed with more than 800 vivid full-colour photographs of more than 130 varieties of cut and uncut stones, organic gemstones, and precious metals. With authoritative text, clear photography, and a systematic approach, this concise guide to identification enables you to recognize each gemstone instantly. Each expertly written entry combines a precise description with annotated photographs to highlight the gemstone's chief characteristics and distinguishing features. Additional colour illustrations and photographs show uncut stones, colour variations, and a range of popular cuts, while bands on each entry provide at-a-glance facts for quick reference. Beginners to gem collecting will benefit from the detailed introduction that defines what a gemstone is, explains the physical and optical properties used to identify and classify gemstones, and shows how they have been fashioned and even imitated throughout history. To help with the initial stages of identification a colour key illustrates the variety of colours found within natural and synthetic gemstones, and a glossary explains the relevant scientific and technical terms.
Author : Meyer D. Rothschild
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 143 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1901
Category : Precious stones
ISBN : OCLC:320160087
Author : Kennie Lyman
Publisher : Touchstone
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1986-03-13
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0671604309
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.
Author : Frank B Wade
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2022-10-26
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1015600867
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Walter Schumann
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0395511372
Contains descriptions and photographs of approximately six hundred minerals, rocks, and meteorites, providing information about the history, origin, structure, composition, properties, classification, and location of each specimen.
Author : M. D. Rothschild
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 143 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1893
Category : Precious stones
ISBN : OCLC:444815691
Author : Herbert P. Whitlock
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1940
Category : Gems
ISBN : UVA:X001202853
Author : Jaroslav Bauer,Vladimír Bouška
Publisher : Booksales
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Nature
ISBN : PSU:000024212700
Shows stones both rough and as jewelry, plus descriptions of more than seventy minerals.
Author : Frank Bertram Wade
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 155 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2021-04-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:4057664639219
This American textbook aims to make the understanding and recognition of gemstones easier not only for the jewel merchant but also for the general public. The author was a chemist skilled in the analysis of precious gems.
Author : Charles William King
Publisher : London : Bell & Daldy
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1866
Category : Art, Ancient
ISBN : HARVARD:32044034094227
Author : Curzio Cipriani,Alessandro Borelli
Publisher : Simon & Schuster
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Gems
ISBN : UCSD:31822002232411
"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.
Author : Cally Hall
Publisher : DK
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Gemology
ISBN : 0789489856
Provides a concise description of each gemstone, photographs showing characteristics and distinguishing features, and information on where gemstones are found and their natural properties.
Author : Richard Thomas Liddicoat
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Gems
ISBN : UCAL:B4589429
Author : Michael Weinstein
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2013-04-16
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9781447483106
This early work on gemmology is both expensive and hard to find in its first edition. It contains a comprehensive account of the varieties of precious and semi-precious stones and their characteristics. This is a fascinating work and highly recommended for anyone interested in the subject of gemmology. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.