The National Gem Collection

Type

Book

Authors

Jeffrey E. Post ( Post, Jeffrey E. )

ISBN 10

0810927586

ISBN 13

9780810927582

Tags

History, Collections, Catalogs & Exhibitions, Fashion Design, Jewelry, Geology, Mineralogy, Rocks & Minerals, Teen & Young Adult

Description

The Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History holds the world's greatest collection of gems. In this beautiful book, now available in paperback, Dr. Jeffrey E. Post, curator of the National Gem and Mineral Collection, discusses everything from diamonds, rubies, and emeralds to jade and lapis lazuli, as well as the Hope Diamond and other world-famous stones in the museum's collection. More than 100 stunning photographs capture the colors and brilliance of these wonders of the mineral kingdom. - from Amzon

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