Simon and Schuster's Guide to Gems and Precious Stones (Nature Guide Series) - Softcover

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9780671604301: Simon and Schuster's Guide to Gems and Precious Stones (Nature Guide Series)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0671604309 ISBN 13: 9780671604301
Verlag: Simon & Schuster (General list, Trade Division), 1997

Inhaltsangabe

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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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Kennie Lyman is the author of Simon & Schuster's Guide to Gems and Precious Stones, a Simon & Schuster book.

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Verlag
Simon & Schuster (General list, Trade Division)
Erscheinungsdatum
1997
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0671604309
ISBN 13 
9780671604301
Einband
Tapa blanda
Anzahl der Seiten
384
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