Hardcover reprint of the original 1890 edition - beautifully bound in brown cloth covers featuring titles stamped in gold, 8vo - 6x9. No adjustments have been made to the original text, giving readers the full antiquarian experience. For quality purposes, all text and images are printed as black and white. This item is printed on demand. Book Information: Kunz, George Frederick. Gems And Precious Stones Of North America. A Popular Description Of Their Occurrence, Value, History, ArchÊology, And Of The Collections In Which They Exist, Also A Chapter On Pearls, And On Remarkable Foreign Gems Owned In The United States. Illustrated With Eight Colored Plates And Numerous Minor Engravings. Indiana: Repressed Publishing LLC, 2012. Original Publishing: Kunz, George Frederick. Gems And Precious Stones Of North America. A Popular Description Of Their Occurrence, Value, History, ArchÊology, And Of The Collections In Which They Exist, Also A Chapter On Pearls, And On Remarkable Foreign Gems Owned In The United States. Illustrated With Eight Colored Plates And Numerous Minor Engravings, . New York, Scientific Pub. Co., 1890. Subject: Precious Stones

Simon & Schuster's Guide to Gems and Precious Stones provides both the connoisseur and the casual collector with a compact, easy-to-use volume describing more than 100 rare varieties of minerals whose beauty and mystery have possessed our imaginations from time immemorial. More than 450 brilliant photographs accompany profiles of each gem, covering such aspects as appearance, physical properties -- density, hardness, refraction -- occurrence, and how to judge quality and value. Additional sections describe the process of cutting gemstones and the techniques professional gemologists use to evaluate a stone's weight and optical properties. Detailed and comprehensive, this book is essential for anyone interested in the study of gems and precious stones.