Gemmology
About the second edition:"... this is the book I have been waiting for. It is an affordable, excellent reference book with every diagram and chart necessary for the identification of gemstones and gem material."Jewellery TimeAbout the first edition'Gemmology is a most welcome update and expansion of his 'Beginner's Guide to Gemmology...It fills a gap in practical gemmological literature' - Gemmological Newsletter'...it is clearly well-written, factually sound, well illustrated, and combines the virtues (and fortunately avoids the mistakes) of its acknowledged predecessors such as Webster's 'Gems', Anderson's 'Gem Testing', and the GAGB's teaching notes...Well done Peter. This book is a most useful contribution to the literature and can only assist Australian student of gemmology' The Australian GemmologistAbout the third edition"Read's classic work is a thorough, authoritative, and updated resource on gemstones, their characteristics, procedures of determination, and methods of fashioning into gems..The book is thoroughly illustrated with diagrams, photographs, and color plates; it has an ample index and a modern bibliography.  Recommended for libraries serving mineral collectors and for all libraries supporting earth-science students in geology and mineralogy." Choice--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.