Discusses the properties, history, lore, and sources of gems

Gems and Crystals: From the American Museum of Natural History

Science & Math

Sofianides, Anna S.

Harlow, George E.

Earth Sciences

Simon&Schuster

One of the world's fabulous collections of minerals and gems resides at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, and this jewel of a book includes more than 300 of the Museum's spectacular specimens. This book is also a concise guide to minerals and gems, explaining what they are, how they develop, the symmetrical perfection of their crystals, and the qualities that make them outstanding or unique. The beautiful full-color illustrations present an enticing introduction to the world of mineralogy and gemology as well as a window into some of the museum's many treasures. This book presents a broad array of minerals - from the native elements (diamonds, copper, gold, silver, and sulfur) through sulfideds, tellurides, halides, oxides, hydroxides, carbonates, sulfates, phosphates, arsenates, vanadates, molybdates, and tugstates, to the silicates.. The gem section includes ornaments by such master craftsmen as Tiffany, Cartier, and Faberge, and features such wonders as a 100-carat orange sapphire and the Star of India, the world's largest gem-quality blue star sapphire.This sparkling and practical Tiny Folio will be appreciated by anyone who is fascinated by the natural world.

Minerals and Gems From The American Museum of Natural History

History

Peters, Joseph J.

Americas

Abbeville Press

A classic book gets a new, redesigned, and sumptuous edition in celebration of its 25th anniversary. Updated and revised, Gems &amp; Crystals showcases the museum's renowned collection and unlocks the science behind the dazzling properties of each gemstone species. Nearly 150 key varieties of gems and minerals are profiled, with information on their history, lore, and sources, as well as the relationships among the bewildering variety of crystals, minerals, rocks, and gemstones. Extensively researched and stunningly illustrated, this very special volume will fascinate novice and expert alike.

Gems & Crystals: From One of the World’s Great Collections

Union Square & Co.

A full-color concise pocket guide identifier to a broad array of spectacular specimens. Explains what they are, how they develop, and their unique qualities.

Minerals and Gems: From the American Museum of Natural History (A Tiny Folio)

Arts & Photography

American Museum Of Natural History

Collections, Catalogs & Exhibitions

Abbeville Pr

• A magnificent collection of 66 pieces of petrified wood mainly from the Western United States, specially photographed to show the artistic beauty hidden in Nature's masterpieces • All the images are unpublished and were specifically shot for this book • Authoritative text by the Curator of Minerals at the American Museum of Natural History This stunning book documents a collection of 66 extraordinary pieces of petrified wood, mainly from Western United States (Arizona, Oregon, Washington). Specially photographed they are shown in their entirety and in magnificent details. Petrified wood is formed from fallen trees that in the absence of oxygen and microbes, and with water containing minerals, through a replacement process called permineralization, slowly transform into visually spectacular fossils. But Nature often uses a paintbrush in its preservation magic, splashing the wooden canvas with an array of colors and hues before fixing it in a matrix of hard durable quartz, thereby creating splendid works of art. Petrified wood has been found throughout the world, but actual petrified forests are truly noteworthy in the United States, the most famous being the Chinle Formation forest of Arizona.

Buried Treasure: The Gillespie Collection of Petrified Wood

Beck, Ernest

Photography & Video

Officina Libraria

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