DIAMONDS : Famous, Notable and Unique (2nd Revised Printing)
by Lawrence Copeland; (Revised By R.A.P. Gaal & Jim Taylor)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0873110056
- ISBN 13
- 9780873110051
- Seller
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About This Item
Gemological Institute of America, 1974. First Edition, 2nd Revised Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Jeanne G.M. Martin (Photographer. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Gilt embossed blue boards/Fine. DJ/None. PO name to front cover verso. Interesting, factual accounts of famous diamonds in history. This the First Edition, 2nd, Revised printing, Diamonds, a solid form of carbon with atoms arranged in rigid crystal structure, has the highest of hardness of natural material, properties. Due to impurities, colors vary. Most ages of this rare stone range upwards of some one billiion years in age. Values, pending color, crystal shape and phenomenal properties, vary. 204 pgs, w/illustrattions, document long human fascination . Famed stones, presented alphabetically by known appellations; many supported by archival illustrations.
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- Title
- DIAMONDS : Famous, Notable and Unique (2nd Revised Printing)
- Author
- Lawrence Copeland; (Revised By R.A.P. Gaal & Jim Taylor)
- Illustrator
- Jeanne G.M. Martin (Photographer
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, 2nd Revised Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0873110056
- ISBN 13
- 9780873110051
- Publisher
- Gemological Institute of America
- Place of Publication
- United States
- Date Published
- 1974
- Keywords
- History/Famous Diamonds/Dictionary
- Bookseller catalogs
- Dictionary/Encyclopedia;
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