25.5 x 16.0cms 932pp b/w & colour illusts very good+ hardback in shabby dustwrapper This was the most comprehensible and authoritative account of gemstones in the English language. The text of this edition has been extensively revised and the chapters on synthetics and composites has been completely rewritten. It aims at the professional jewllery and student gemmologist (but is accessible to the interested layman).

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Title: Gems: Their Sources Descriptions & Identification
Publisher: Newnes-Butterworths London 1975 (third edition)
Publication Date: 1975
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0408705736
ISBN 13: 9780408705738
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 3rd Edition
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

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Large heavy book. Light wear to boards with slight tear to upper spine. Light toning to pages. Good DJ with sun fading to spine, little edge wear and small tear to upper spine.

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'Any serious gemmologist should have a copy available for ready reference.' - Gems and Gemmology
'...a truly magnificent book.' - New World
'..this quitessential textbook and reference will serve yet another generation of students of gemmology.' - The Australian Gemmologist

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