| #47820 in Books | Smithsonian | 2016-10-04 | 2016-10-04 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 12.13 x1.35 x10.25l,.0 | File Name: 1465453563 | 440 pages | From royalty and film stars to thieves and curses, this is a dazzling and comprehensive visual guide to the world’s most precious rocks and minerals | Smithsonian Gem interweaves glorious images, natural history, mythology and intriguing true stories. | Hardcover; 440 pages. Lavish jacket features a debossed and foiled diamond. 11.9x 9.9".
||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| Good visuals.|By AnnG.|Good prchase. Good visual guide. Love the pics. Very informative.|0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| Get this beautiful book|By Susan S. Newmark|Love this gorgeous book and purchased more for gifts.|1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| It's an ama|||"Feast your eyes on the most beautiful encyclopedia of jewelry you will ever find." — Los Angeles Times|"Gem offers a dazzling take at jewels." — The Star-Ledger
A dazzling visual guide to precious and semiprecious stones, organic gems, and precious metals that showcases beautiful, specially commissioned images as well as science, natural history, mythology, and true stories of adventure and discovery.
From diamonds and sapphires to emeralds and obsidian, Gem profiles all the key gemstones and other precious materials. Its stunning images show the jewels in their different cuts, colors, and uses. See the exquisit...
