• ARAB ROOTS OF GIOLOGY: Ahmad ibn Yusuf al Tifaschi's Best Thoughts on the Best of Stones
  Translated with comments by Samar Najm Abul Huda, 271 pp., illus., publ. by Scarecrow Press, Lanham, MD, 1998. Reviewed by Si and Ann Frazier.
   
  
• L'IERAUDE: CONNAISSANCES ACTUELLES ET PROSPECTIVES [The Emerald: Current and Prospective Knowledge]
  Edited by Didier Giard, 235 pp., illus., publ. by Association Francaise de Gemmologie, Paris, 1998. Reviewed by John Sinkankas.
   
  
• THE GREAT ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PRECIOUS AND DECORATIVE STONES
  By Nikodem Sobczak and Tomasz Sobczak, 422 pp., illus., publ. by National Science Publishers, Warsaw, 1998. Reviewed by Stuart D. Overlin.
   
  
• LAROUSSE DES PIERRES PRECIEUSES
  By Pierre Bariand and Jean-Paul Poirot, 287 pp., illus., publ. by Larousse-Bordas, Paris, 1998. Reviewed by Stuart D. Overlin.
   
  
• STANDARDS & APPLICATIONS FOR DIAMOND REPORT/GEMSTONE REPORT/TEST REPORT
  By SSEF Swiss Gemmological Institute, 118 pp., illus., publ. by SSEF, Basel, Switzerland. Reviewed by Stuart D. Overlin.
  

Editors:
Susan B. Johnson and Jana E. Miyahira

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