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Gems : their sources, descriptions, and identification / Robert Webster.
- Title
- Gems : their sources, descriptions, and identification / Robert Webster.
- Author
- Webster, Robert.
- Publication
- Oxford ; Boston : Butterworth-Heinemann, 1994.
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| Status | Vol/Date | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Not available - Please for assistance. | 1994 | Text | Request in advance | QE392 .W37 1994 1994 | Off-site |
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- Additional Authors
- Read, Peter G.
- Description
- xxviii, 1026 p. : ill. (some col.), maps; 25 cm.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 971-980) and indexes.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Origin of recovery of gemstones -- Diamond Ruby and sapphire -- Emerald, aquamarine and other beryls -- Chrysoberyl and spinel -- Topaz and tourmaline -- Zircon, peridot and spodumene -- The garnets -- Moonstone and other feldspar gemstones -- Silica group -- Opal Turquoise and lapis-lazuli -- The jades Natural glasses -- Lesser known ornamental and gem materials -- Synthetic gemstones -- Gemstone stimulants -- Composite gemstones Fashioning of gemstones -- Pearls Coral, shell and operculum -- Crystals Methods and techniques -- Hardness, cleavage and fracture -- Specific gravity Light and optical effects -- Colour and colour enhancement -- Refractive index, reflectance and thermal conductance -- Colour in gem testing -- Microscope Inclusions -- Luminescence X-rays -- Electrical and magnetic phenomena -- Chemistry of gemstones -- Appendices -- Identification tables
- ISBN
- 0750616741
- LCCN
- ^^^93044841^
- OCLC
- 29548914
- SCSB-9990166
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library