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Gems and Gemstones: Timeless Natural Beauty of the Mineral World
Web edition: December 4, 2009
Print edition: December 19, 2009; Vol.176 #13 (p. 30)
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Gems and Gemstones: Timeless Natural Beauty of the Mineral World by Lance Grande and Allison Augustyn
Gemstones are more than pretty baubles. Gems and their geological features are depicted in text and beautiful photographs.
Univ. of Chicago Press, 2009, 369 p., $45.
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