Simon & Schuster's Guide to Gems and Precious Stones
Contributors: Kennie Lyman (Editor)
Publisher: Fireside
Published: March 13, 1986
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9780671604301
Subjects: Rocks, minerals & fossils; Precious stones; Natural Resources; Nature; Earth Sciences - Geology; Nature/Ecology; Precious stones, Artificial; Nature / General; Gems; Rocks & Minerals
First sentence: "A precious stone is a small, rare, hard stone which has inherited from Nature the name of beautiful."