A guide to gemstones, with over fifteen hundred color photographs, that showcases precious and semiprecious stones in their rough, natural, polished, and cut renditions and provides information on formation, physical properties, structure, and characteristics.
year: 1997, 2009, 1977, 2013
call number/section: 553.8, 1000
subjects: precious stones, gems
Editions
Schumann, Walter
Sterling Pub. Co. (1997)
Describes the appearance, formation, physical properties and characteristics, mining, and cutting of precious, semiprecious, and synthetic stones.
Schools: 3
Schumann, Walter
Sterling (2009)
Provides detailed information regarding the physical characteristics and unique traits of more than 1,800 precious and semiprecious stones, as well as discussing gemstone structure, production, name origin, and symbolism.
Schools: 3
Schumann, Walter
Sterling (1977)
Describes the appearance, formation, physical properties and characteristics, mining, and cutting of precious, semiprecious, and synthetic gemstones.
Schools: 1
Schumann, Walter
Sterling (2013)
A guide to gemstones, with over fifteen hundred color photographs, that showcases precious and semiprecious stones in their rough, natural, polished, and cut renditions and provides information on formation, physical properties, structure, and characteristics.
Schools: 2