Garnet
Subtitle: great balls of fire
By: contributors, Lothar Ackermann ... [et al.] ; editors, H. Albert Gilg ... [et al.] ; translator, Günther Neumeier ; illustrators, Roberto Appiani ... [et al.].
Series: ExtraLapis English -- no. 11; ExtraLapis English -- no. 11.
Publisher: Lithographie, LLC
Published: 2008
Place of publication: East Hampton, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 98
ISBN-13: 9780979099847
Subjects: Garnet
Other titles: Garnet, great balls of fire
Work titles: Granat, die Mineralien der Granat-Gruppe. English
Notes: No. 11 of an untitled series (published by Lithographie, LLC, formerly Lapis International) which used to be called extraLapis English.

Translation of: Granat, die Mineralien der Granat-Gruppe : Edelsteine, Schmuck und Laser.

"Licensed edition in the English language of extraLapis no. 9: Granat, die Mineralien der Granat-Gruppe : Edelsteine, Schmuck und Laser"--P. [2] of cover.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 94-98).
Table of contents: title: The garnet group : fifteen species, endless variety / Paul Pohwat; title: The rare garnets : tiny wonders / Gloria Staebler, Paul Pohwat, and the Lapis editorial team; title: Anthrax, carbunculus, and granatus : garnet in ancient and medieval times / H. Albert Gilg; title: Ornamental garnet in medieval and renaissance objects / Ingrid S. Weber; title: Classic garnets : almandine / Gloria Staebler and Paul Pohwat; title: New England garnet / Russ Behnke; title: Idaho's "star" garnet : symmetry and inclusions / Mickey E. Gunter; title: Classic garnets : andradite / Joachim Zang; title: Jeffrey and Lac d'Amiante : two of Québec's great garnet-bearing asbestos mines / Marco Amabili, Francesco Spertini, and Marc B. Auguste; title: Classic garnets : grossular / Joachim Zang and Thomas Fehr; title: Grossular from Mali / Bill Dameron; title: Classic garnets : pyrope / Joachim Zang and H. Albert Gilg; title: Pyrope from the Dora-Maira Massif / Gilla Simon; title: The fiery-eyed volcanoes of Bohemia / Jirí Kouřimský and Jaroslav Hyršl; title: Classic garnets : spessartine / Gloria Staebler ... [et al.]; title: Spessartine from Tongbei / Bertold Ottens; title: Pakistan and Afghanistan : garnet from the roof of the world / Dudley Blauwet; title: Industrial garnet / H. Albert Gilg; title: Coticule : an ancient whetstone / Herwig Pelckmans; title: Synthetic garnet : lasers and imitation gemstones / Lothar Ackerman; title: Classic garnets : uvarovite / Joachim Zang; title: The microworld of garnet : fingerprints, fans and halos / John I. Koivula.