Previous owner's name stamp to the title; light corner rubbing; very little wear overall. Text is clean. 'Includes comprehensive full-color entries on all major gems and precious stones - natural, organic, synthetic and artificial. Helpful symbols identify Hardness, Density, Refraction, and Color. Over 450 full-color photographs.' 384 pages. Size: 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall.

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Title: Simon & Schuster's Guide to Gems and Precious Stones
Publisher: Fireside / Simon & Schuster, New York - London - Toronto
Publication Date: 1986
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0671604309
ISBN 13: 9780671604301
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Condition: Very Good

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

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