Summer 2008 G&G Book Reviews
By Penny Proddow and Marion Fasel, 223 pp., illus., publ. by Harry N. Abrams [www.hnabooks.com], New York, 2007. US$60.00
“Russian Gemstones Encyclopedia”
By Vladimir V. Bukanov, 472 pp, illus., publ. by Granit Publishing, Prague, 2006. €79
“Volodarsk-Volynski: Mineralogy of the Volynian Chamber Pegmatites, Ukraine”
By Vladimir Ivanovich Pavlishin and Stanislav Alekseevich Dovgyi, Mineralogical Almanac, Vol. 12, 125 pp., illus., publ. by Mineralogical Almanac [www.webcenter.ru/~minbooks], Littleton, CO, 2007. US$45.00
“Laboratory Grown Diamonds, 2nd Ed.”
By Branko Deljanin and Dusan Simic, 86 pp., illus., publ. by Gemology Headquarters International [www.ghilab.com], Mumbai, 2007, US$20.00
“Diamond Ring Buying Guide, 7th Ed.”
By Renee Newman, 156 pp., illus., publ. by International Jewelry Publications [www.reneenewman.com], Los Angeles, 2007, US$18.95
“Tables of Gemstone Identification”
By Roger Dedeyne and Ivo Quintens, 309 pp., illus., publ. by Glirico [www.gemmologie.be/GEMMOEN/BooksEN.htm], Ghent, Belgium, 2007, €89
“Verdura: The Life and Work of a Master Jeweler”
By Patricia Corbett, 224 pp., illus., publ. by Thames & Hudson [www.thamesandhudsonusa.com], New York, 2008, US$34.95
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