DIAMONDS : Famous, Notable and Unique (2nd Revised Printing)

Lawrence Copeland; (Revised By R.A.P. Gaal & Jim Taylor)

ISBN 10: 0873110056 / ISBN 13: 9780873110051

Published by Gemological Institute of America, 1974

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Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Gilt embossed blue boards/Fine. DJ/None. PO name to front cover verso. Interesting, factual accounts of famous diamonds in history. This the First Edition, 2nd, Revised printing, Diamonds, a solid form of carbon with atoms arranged in rigid crystal structure, has the highest of hardness of natural material, properties. Due to impurities, colors vary. Most ages of this rare stone range upwards of some one billiion years in age. Values, pending color, crystal shape and phenomenal properties, vary. 204 pgs, w/illustrattions, document long human fascination . Famed stones, presented alphabetically by known appellations; many supported by archival illustrations.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: DIAMONDS : Famous, Notable and Unique (2nd Revised Printing)
• Publisher: Gemological Institute of America
• Publication Date: 1974
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0873110056
• ISBN 13: 9780873110051
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Jeanne G.M. Martin (Photographer
• Edition: First Edition, 2nd Revised Printing
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Seller catalogs:
  • Earth Sciences, Geology, Oceanography, Geography
  • Dictionary, Encyclopedia
  • History

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Book by Copeland, Lawrence