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Riches of the Earth: Ornamental, Precious, and Semiprecious Stones
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Riches of the Earth: Ornamental, Precious, and Semiprecious Stones Hardcover - 1981

by Anderson, Frank J

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New York: Windward, 1981. 223 pages, 48 pages of full-color illustrations, b/w iulls throughout, bibliography, indexes. Prelims, end-pages and edges ightly foxed. Prev owner's bookplate laid down on the tinted front paste-down. Cloth boards in dust-jacket. The book 'presents a survey of the histories of the major precious and semiprecious stones. Beginning with prehistoric man's first tools and ending with laser beams and holographs, the book's chapters deal with religion, magic, superstition; associations with famous people; legends, discoveries, forgeries, and thefts'. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Special Photography by George C Roos. 4to.
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