• THE COMPLETE HANDBOOK FOR GEMSTONE WEIGHT ESTIMATION
  By Charles I. Carmona, 427 pp., illus., publ. by Gemania Publishing, Los Angeles, 1998. Reviewed by Sharon Wakefield.

• GEMOLOGISTS' COMPENDIUM, 7th Edition
  By Robert Webster, revised by E. Alan Jobbins, 240 pp., illus., publ. by N.A.G. Press, London, 1998. Reviewed by Michael T. Evans.

• CHRISTMAS JEWELRY
  By Mary Morrison, 158 pp., illus., publ. by Schiffer Books for Collectors, Atglen, PA, 1998. Reviewed by Gail Brett Levine.
   
  
• GLOSSARY OF MINERAL SYNONYMS
  By Jeffrey de Fourestier, 442 pp., illus., publ. by the Mineralogical Association of Canada, Ottawa, 1999. Reviewed by Anthony R. Kampf.
   
  
• THE PHOTO-ATLAS OF MINERALS [CD-ROM]
  Developed by Anthony R. Kampf and George Gerhold, produced by The Gem & Mineral Council, Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, 1998. Reviewed by Carl Francis.

OTHER BOOKS RECEIVED

• Mani-Mala, or A Treatise on Gems
  By Sourindro Mohun Tagore, reprinted by Nandishkor R. Barot, 1,046 pp., illus., publ. by Mehul Barot, Philadelphia, PA, 1996. Reviewed by John Sinkankas.
  
• Edelsteine: Symbole der Schönheit und der Macht (Gemstones: Symbols of Beauty and Power)
  By Edward J. Gübelin and Franz-Xaver Erni, 240 pp., illus., publ. by Verlag Hans Schöner GmbH, Königsbach-Stein, 1999 [in German]. Reviewed by Stuart D. Overlin.

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