Gems: Their Sources, Descriptions and Identification

by Michael O'Donoghue

Since it was published in 1962, Gems has become universally recognized as the most comprehensive and authoritative treatise on gem materials in the English language. Now in its sixth edition, it has been revised for relevance to today's practice.It includes an expanded encyclopaedic section, and offers a descriptive account of all gem materials used as ornament, along with their synthetic counterparts and the materials used over the centuries to...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0719803411
• ISBN13: 9780719803413
• Release Date: April 2008
• Publisher: Robert Hale & Company
• Length: 873 Pages
• Weight: 3.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 6.3" x 9.3"