Firefly Guide to Gems, by Cally Oldershaw
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- Firefly Guide to Gems, illustrated guide to the identification, properties and use of gemstones by Cally Oldershaw
- Soft cover, pocket book size, 224 pages with color on most pages, 850 total
- Unlike some others, this book is meant for the general public and although it describes scientific properties of the gems, it does so in easy to understand language.
- More than 130 stones are covered with images, a chart for each listing it's properties such as hardness, specific gravity, crystal group, transparency, luster, tenacity, fracture, cleavage and more.
- The text blocks with each stone describe its history, sources, uses and more
- There are maps in the back of the book and comprehensive index all in all an excellent basic gem book without the "metaphysical" aspects.