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Shinde Jewels
By Reema Keswani, 79 pp., illus., publ. by Assouline Publishing, New York, 2004. US$18.95*
Reviewed by GAIL BRETT LEVINE
National Association of Jewelry Appraisers
Rego Park, New York
The History of Beads: From 30,000 B.C. to the Present
By Lois Sherr Dubin, 364 pp., illus., publ. by Harry N. Abrams, New York, 2004. US$29.95
Reviewed by SHARON ELAINE THOMPSON
Salem, Oregon
Totems to Turquoise: Native North American Jewelry Arts of the Northwest and Southwest
Edited by Kari Chalker, Lois S. Dubin, and Peter M. Whiteley, 224 pp., illus., publ. in association with the American Museum of Natural History by Harry N. Abrams, New York, 2004. US$45.00*
Reviewed by MARY MATHEWS
Gemological Institute of America
Carlsbad, California
Exploration Criteria for Coloured Gemstone Deposits In the Yukon
By Lori Walton, 184 pp., illus., publ. by the Yukon Geological Survey, Whitehorse, Canada, 2004. C$5.00 (no charge for PDF version). www.geology.gov.yk.ca
Reviewed by KEITH MYCHALUK
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
OTHER BOOKS RECEIVED
The Pegmatite Mines Known as Palermo. By Robert W. Whitmore and Robert C. Lawrence Jr., 213 pp., illus., published by The Friends of Palermo Mines, 2004. US$150.00
Reviewed by MICHAEL EVANS
Gemological Institute of America
Carlsbad, California
Tourmalines of Malkhan. By V. Ye. Zagorsky, I. S. Peretyazhko, and V. Ye. Kushnaryov, 31 pp., illus., publ. by the Institute of Geochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences (Siberian Division) and Tourmalkhan Co., Irkutsk, Russia, 2005. US$20.00 (E-mail: victzag@igc.irk.ru).
Reviewed by STUART OVERLIN
Gemological Institute of America
Carlsbad, California
Gemstones: Quality and Value, Volume 1. By Yasukazu Suwa, 143 pp., illus., publ. by Sekai Bunka Publishing, Tokyo (revised English edition), 2005. US$99.95.*
Reviewed by STUART OVERLIN
Gemological Institute of America
Carlsbad, California
*This book is available for purchase through the GIA Bookstore, 5345 Armada Drive, Carlsbad, CA 92008. Telephone: 800-421-8161; outside the U.S. 760-603-4200. Fax: 760- 603-4266. E-mail: myorder@gia.edu
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