Research Catalog

Title

The nature of diamonds / edited by George E. Harlow.

Publication

Cambridge, U.K. ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press in association with the American Museum of Natural History, 1998.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Harlow, George E.
• American Museum of Natural History.

Description

x, 278 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps; 29 cm.

Subject

• Diamonds

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Foreword / Ellen V. Futter -- What is diamond? / George E. Harlow -- The nature of color in diamonds / Emmanuel Fritsch -- The origin of diamonds: earth processes / Melissa B. Kirkley -- Natural sources of diamond other than the earth's mantle / George E. Harlow, Vladislav S. Shatsky, and Nikolai V. Sobolev -- Diamond sources and their discovery / Alfred A. Levinson -- Following the history of diamonds / George E. Harlow -- A historical overview of diamond cuts / Benjamin Zucker -- Regal ornaments: six centuries of diamond jewelry / Diana Scarisbrick -- The diamond love and marriage ring / Diana Scarisbrick -- The value of diamonds in English literature / Carole Slade -- Diamond jewelry for everyone / Janet Zapata -- Hollywood loves diamonds / Maura Spiegel -- Diamonds in the twentieth century / George E. Harlow -- From the earth to fashioned objects: processing diamond / George E. Harlow -- Diamonds as gemstones / James E. Shigley and Thomas Moses -- Diamonds in modern technology: synthesis and applications / Alan T. Collins.

Call Number

JSF 98-137

ISBN

• 052162083X (hardcover)
• 0521629357 (paperback)

LCCN

97029176

OCLC

37437475

Title

The nature of diamonds / edited by George E. Harlow.

Imprint

Cambridge, U.K. ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press in association with the American Museum of Natural History, 1998.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Harlow, George E.

American Museum of Natural History.

Research Call Number

JSF 98-137