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Author : T. C. Wollaston
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (2 download)
Download or read book Opal: the Gem of the Never Never written by T. C. Wollaston and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Tullie Cornthwaite Wollaston
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (383 download)
Download or read book Opal written by Tullie Cornthwaite Wollaston and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : T. C. Wollaston
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Opal: the Gem of the Never Never written by T. C. Wollaston and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Victoria Finlay
Publisher : Random House Trade Paperbacks
ISBN 13 : 0345466950
Total Pages : 506 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (454 download)
Download or read book Jewels written by Victoria Finlay and published by Random House Trade Paperbacks. This book was released on 2007-08-14 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout history, precious stones have inspired passions and poetry, quests and curses, sacred writings and unsacred actions. In this scintillating book, journalist Victoria Finlay embarks on her own globe-circling search for the real stories behind some of the gems we prize most. Blending adventure travel, geology, exciting new research, and her own irresistible charm, Finlay has fashioned a treasure hunt for some of the most valuable, glamorous, and mysterious substances on earth. With the same intense curiosity and narrative flair she displayed in her widely-praised book Color, Finlay journeys from the underground opal churches of outback Australia to the once pearl-rich rivers of Scotland; from the peridot mines on an Apache reservation in Arizona to the remote ruby mines in the mountains of northern Burma. She risks confronting scorpions to crawl through Cleopatra’s long-deserted emerald mines, tries her hand at gem cutting in the dusty Sri Lankan city where Marco Polo bartered for sapphires, and investigates a rumor that fifty years ago most of the world’s amber was mined by prisoners in a Soviet gulag. Jewels is a unique and often exhilarating voyage through history, across cultures, deep into the earth’s mantle, and up to the glittering heights of fame, power, and wealth. From the fabled curse of the Hope Diamond, to the disturbing truths about how pearls are cultured, to the peasants who were once executed for carrying amber to the centuries-old quest by magicians and scientists to make a perfect diamond, Jewels tells dazzling stories with a wonderment and brilliance truly worthy of its subjects.
Author : Allan W. Eckert
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 9780471133971
Total Pages : 490 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (339 download)
Download or read book The World of Opals written by Allan W. Eckert and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 1997-10-02 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Readers will find fascinating details about the discovery, whereabouts, and value of famous opals, from such classic specimens as the Burning of Troy Opal to the Bonanza Opal and other more recent discoveries. Finally, the book surveys today's major opal-producing areas and provides current information on opal occurrence worldwide. Punctuating the text are useful tables, extensive glossaries of opal types and opal-related terms, and beautiful photographs that capture the essence and mystery of this most exquisite stone.
Author : Wilfred Charles Eyles
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (51 download)
Download or read book The Book of Opals written by Wilfred Charles Eyles and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 1964 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive account of this gem stone by a professional mineralogist, lapidary and dealer in opals.
Author : Michael O'Donoghue
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9400911912
Total Pages : 395 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (9 download)
Download or read book Gemstones written by Michael O'Donoghue and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gemstones is the first attempt in English to bring together the geological, mineralogical and gemmological developments that have taken place during the last thirty years. Though there have been many gemstone books published in that time, most have been concerned, understandably and rightly, with the science of gem testing and have covered that area very well. Details of the geological occurrence of many of the classic gemstones, and of nearly all those which have only recently been discovered, have been less adequately dealt with. Coverage has been restricted to a number of papers in a wide variety of geological and mineralogical journals. Gemstones hopes to get the balance right. In the preparation of the book all the journals and monographs in the field have been consulted so that the book should stand for some years as the authority to which gemmologists and others turn in the first instance. Ease of reference and depth of coverage make Gemstones both a reference book and a bench book. Acknow ledgements I am grateful to Brian Jackson of the Department of Geology, Royal Museums of Scotland who read the manuscript and painstakingly indicated places where amendment or alteration was needed. I am also grateful to the publishers of the books on which the line illustrations are based. The colour plates present in the book derive from a number of sources, which I would like to acknowledge as follows. Plates 1, 4-15 and 17 Crown copyright reserved.
Author : Michael Weinstein
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1447483103
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (474 download)
Download or read book Precious and Semi-Precious Stones written by Michael Weinstein and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2013-04-16 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Author : Arthur Holmes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Nomenclature of Petrology written by Arthur Holmes and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Oppi Untracht
Publisher : Doubleday
ISBN 13 : 0307784118
Total Pages : 864 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (77 download)
Download or read book Jewelry Concepts & Technology written by Oppi Untracht and published by Doubleday. This book was released on 2011-01-26 with total page 864 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive reference for jewelry makers of all levels of ability--a complete, profusely illustrated guide to design, materials, and techniques, as well as a fascinating exploration of jewelry-making throughout history.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 696 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Bookseller and the Stationery Trades' Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 696 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1478 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book The Keystone written by and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 1478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John William Evans
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (3 download)
Download or read book Elementary Crystallography written by John William Evans and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Victoria Finlay
Publisher : Sceptre
ISBN 13 : 1399716700
Total Pages : 499 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (997 download)
Download or read book Jewels: A Secret History written by Victoria Finlay and published by Sceptre. This book was released on 2022-11-03 with total page 499 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Glorious . . . anecdote and information accumulate with marvellous abundance and a passionate sense of the fascination of jewels' Spectator Amber is the tears of prehistoric trees. One gem links Queen Victoria and a skeleton. Cleopatra drank a pearl to win a bet. A man turned into a diamond. When we put on jewels, what are we really wearing? Victoria Finlay travels the world to tell the true stories of these miraculous oddities of nature. 'Filled with eye-catching incidents and stories . . . Finlay's evidence glitters from every page' Sunday Telegraph 'A fascinating and exhaustive travelogue' Times Literary Supplement
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 410 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book The Naturalist written by and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John William Evans
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Determination of Minerals Under the Microscope written by John William Evans and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 684 pages
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Download or read book Mineralogical Abstracts written by and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 684 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
