Blood from Stones: The Secret Financial Network of Terror
By Douglas Farah, 225 pp., publ. by Broadway Books, New York, 2004. US$24.95
Reviewed by STUART OVERLIN
Gemological Institute of America
Carlsbad, California

Starting to Collect Antique Jewellery
By John Benjamin, 191 pp., illus., publ. by Antique Collectors’ Club, Woodbridge, England, 2003. US$25.00
Reviewed by JANA E. MIYAHIRA-SMITH
Gemological Institute of America
Carlsbad, California

Starting to Collect Antique Silver
By Ian Pickford, 192 pp., illus., publ. by Antique Collectors’ Club, Woodbridge, England, 2003. US$25.00
Reviewed by MARY MATHEWS
Gemological Institute of America
Carlsbad, California

Within the Stone
By Bill Atkinson, 180 pp., illus., publ. by Browntrout Publishers, San Francisco, CA, 2004. US$39.95
Reviewed by JOHN I. KOIVULA
Gemological Institute of America
Carlsbad, California

Gems and Jewels: A Connoisseur’s Guide
By Benjamin Zucker, 248 pp., illus., publ. by Overlook Press, New York, NY, 2003. US$60.00
Reviewed by MATILDE PARENTE
Indian Wells, California

OTHER BOOKS RECEIVED
The Tourmaline. By A. C. Hamlin, 107 pp., illus., originally publ. by James R. Osgood & Co., Boston, MA, 1873; republished by Rubellite Press, New Orleans, LA, 2004, US$75.00.
The History of Mount Mica. By A. C. Hamlin, 123 pp., illus., originally publ. by Augustus Choate Hamlin, M.D., 1895; republished by Rubellite Press, New Orleans, LA, 2004, US$85.00.
Reviewed by BRENDAN M. LAURS
Gemological Institute of America
Carlsbad, California