GEMOLOGY, AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY
By John Sinkankas, 2 vols., 1200 pp., illus., publ. by Scarecrow Press, Metuchen, NJ, and London, 1993. US$179.50, regular edition; $250.00, limited edition.
Reviewed by Richard T. Liddicoat

OPAL ADVENTURES
By Paul B. Downing, 234 pp., illus., publ. by Majestic Gems & Carvings, Tallahassee, FL, 1990. US$19.95.
Reviewed by Sharon Elaine Thompson

OTHER BOOKS RECEIVED
Diamond Mine, by Peter Read, 188 pp., publ. by Book Guild, Sussex, England, 1992. US$24.95.
Reviewed by John D. Rouse

Practical Uses of Diamond, by Andrzej Bakon' and Andzej Szyman'ski, translated by Jerzy Tomaszczyk, 248 pp., illus., publ. by Ellis Horwood and Polish Scientific Publishers, PWN, West Sussex, England, 1993.
Reviewed by Sharon Wakefield

Mineraux Passion (Mineral Passion [in French]), by Pierre and Nelly Bariand, 223 pp., illus., publ. by Bordas, Paris, France, 1992.
Reviewed by Emmanuel Fritsch

Appears on pages 297-298