101 Bench Tips for Jewelers
By Alan Revere, 120 pp., illus., publ. by MJSA/AJM Press, Providence, RI, 2004. US$42.95 ($36.50 for MJSA members)*
Reviewed by ROBERT ACKERMANN
Gemological Institute of America
Carlsbad, California

Identification of Gemstones
By Michael O’Donoghue and Louise Joyner, 313 pp., illus., publ. by Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford, UK, 2003. US$59.95*
Reviewed by DOUGLAS KENNEDY
Gemological Institute of America
London, England

Minerals and Their Localities
By Jan H. Bernard and Jaroslav Hyrsl, edited by Vandall T. King, 807 pp., illus., publ. by Granit, Praha, Czech Republic, 2004. US$145.00
Reviewed by DOROTHY ETTENSOHN
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Los Angeles, California

Masterpieces of the Mineral World:
Treasures from the Houston Museum of Natural Science
By Wendell E. Wilson and Joel A. Bartsch with Mark Mauthner, 264 pp., illus., publ. by The Houston Museum of Natural Science and The Mineralogical Record in association with Harry N. Abrams Inc., New York, 2004. US$75.00*
Reviewed by MARY L. JOHNSON
Gemological Institute of America
Carlsbad, California