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Understanding the Gem Minerals A Practical Guide

Geology Guide
By: William Revell Phillips(Author), James E Shigley(Author)
259 pages, colour photos, b/w illustrations
Understanding the Gem Minerals
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  • Understanding the Gem Minerals ISBN: 9780921294580 Paperback Jan 2016 Not in stock: Usually dispatched within 2-4 months
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Gemstones have fascinated people for thousands of years because of their beauty, rarity, and monetary value. However, a true understanding of gemstones and their properties has only come about in the past two centuries resulting from the developing science of geology and mineralogy and an increasing need to distinguish natural gemstones from those that are treated or grown in the laboratory. Numerous books describe minerals, and a number of them report on the distinctive properties of gemstones, but there are almost no books that present a more detailed mineralogical description of the gem minerals, along with a clear explanation of basic concepts of interest from both mineralogy and geology. Understanding the Gem Minerals: A Practical Guide bridges this gap.

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Geology Guide
By: William Revell Phillips(Author), James E Shigley(Author)
259 pages, colour photos, b/w illustrations
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