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Winter 2004, Volume 40, Issue 4


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Book Reviews


Bernd Munsteiner: Reflexionen in Stein [Reflections in Stone]
Edited by Wilhelm Lindemann, 224 pp., illus., publ. by Arnoldsche, Stuttgart, Germany, 2004 (in German and English). US$75.00*
Reviewed by Lisa Schoening
Gemological Institute of America
Los Angeles

Illustrated Guide to Jewelry Appraising, 3rd Edition
By Anna Miller, 200 pp., illus., publ. by GemStone Press, Woodstock, VT, 2004. US$39.99*
Reviewed by M. ADAM NAMEROW
Chippewa Lake, Ohio

Magic World: Inclusions in Quartz
By Jaroslav Hyrsl and Gerhard Niedermayr, 240 pp., illus., publ. by Bode Verlag, Haltern, Germany, 2003 [German and English]. Є49.00
Reviewed by MICHAEL EVANS
Gemological Institute of America
Carlsbad, California

Minerals: Their Constitution and Origin
By Hans-Rudolf Wenk and Andrei Bulakh, 668 pp., illus., publ. by Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 2004. US$130.00 (hardcover); US$70.00 (softbound).
Reviewed by ANTHONY R. KAMPF
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Los Angeles, California

Rocks Pebbles and Stones: Confessions of a Private Jeweler
By Fred Feldmesser, 100 pp., publ. by Farrington Press, Boston, 2004. US$30.00 (E-mail: parker@feldmesser.com)
Reviewed by JOSHUA SHEBY
Gemological Institute of America
New York

* This book is available for purchase through the GIA Bookstore, 5345 Armada Drive, Carlsbad, CA, 92008. Telephone: (800) 421-7250, ext. 4200. Outside the U.S., call (760) 603-4200.

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