Pearls
By Elisabeth Strack, 678 pp., illus., publ. by Rühle-Diebener-Verlag, Stuttgart, Germany, 2006. €106.10 (US$115)*
Reviewed by Doug Fiske
Gemological Institute of America
Carlsbad, California
Not Your Mama’s Beading: The Cool and Creative Way to String ‘Em Along
By Kate Shoup Welsh, 224 pp., illus., publ. by Wiley Publishing [www.wiley.com], Hoboken, NJ, 2006. US$14.99
Reviewed by Jana E. Miyahira-Smith
Gemological Institute of America
Carlsbad, California
Special Exhibition Jadeite: Treasure of Orient
By the National Science Museum [www.kahaku.go.jp/english], 202 pp., illus., publ. by the Mainichi Newspapers Co., Tokyo, 2004 [in Japanese; no price information available]
Reviewed by Taijin Lu
Vista, California
Hope Diamond: The Legendary History of a Cursed Gem
By Richard Kurin, 388 pp., illus., publ. by Smithsonian Books [www.smithsonianstore.com], Washington, DC, 2006. $24.95
Reviewed by Gail Brett Levine
National Association of Jewelry Appraisers
Rego Park, New York
OTHER BOOKS RECEIVED
Precious Minerals (Gemology). By Ruslan I. Kostov, 453 pp., illus., publ. by PENSOFT [www.pensoft.net], Sofia, Bulgaria, 2003 [in Bulgarian]
Reviewed by Boris Shmakin
Institute of Geochemistry
Siberian Branch Russian Academy of Sciences
Irkutsk, Russia
Faceting History: Cutting Diamonds and Colored Stones. By Glenn Klein, 242 pp., illus., publ. by the author [www.glennklein.com], Lake Forest, CA, 2005, US$21.99
Reviewed by Stuart Overlin
Gemological Institute of America
Carlsbad, California
Symposium on Agate and Cryptocrystalline Quartz. Daniel Kile, Thomas Michalski, and Peter Modreski, Eds., 144 pp., illus., publ. by Friends of Mineralogy (Colorado Chapter), Colorado School of Mines Geology Museum, and U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, US$20.00
Reviewed by Stuart Overlin
The Art of Diamond Cutting, 2nd ed. By Sofus S. Michelsen and Basil Watermeyer, 147 pp., illus., publ. by Sofus S. Michelsen [sofus_sidney@direcway.com], Port Angeles, WA, 2005, US$49.95
Reviewed by Thomas W. Overton
Gemological Institute of America
Carlsbad, California
Alexandrite. By Yury S. Kozlov, 143 pp., illus., publ. by Nauka Publishers [www.maik.rssi.ru], Moscow, 2005, €33.
Reviewed by Thomas W. Overton
MEDIA REVIEW
Aphrodite’s Drop: The Power of Pearls. A Faction Films production [www.factionfilms.co.uk], London, 75 min., 2005, available in DVD format, £30.00
Reviewed by Stuart Overlin
* This book is available for purchase through the GIA Bookstore, 5345 Armada Dr., Carlsbad, CA 92008. Telephone: 800-421-8161; outside the U.S., 760-603-4000. E-mail: myorder@gia.edu.
