BOOKS
Post, Jeffrey E..
The National Gem Collection. With Photographs by Chip Clarck.
New York , Smithsonian Institution / Harry N Abrams, 1997.
€ 19.50
Bound, cloth with original dustjacket, 144pp., 27x25,5cm., richly illustr. in col. and b/w, in very good condition (dustjacket with light traces of use, paper edges somewhat yellowed). ISBN: 9780810936904.
Itemnummer 16260 
"The National Gem Collection" offers a complete overview of the world of gems, focusing on the more than 10 000 superlative gemstones and jewelry pieces in the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. Includes appendices & a glossary of gem-cutting terms.