Gems and gemstones : timeless natural beauty of the mineral world /
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Author / Creator: | Grande, Lance. |
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Imprint: | Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2009. |
Description: | 369 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm. |
Language: | English |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7892841 |
Table of Contents:
- Foreword
- Preface
- Introduction to Gems
- The Formation of Gems
- The Classification of Inorganic Gems
- Diamond (colorless, colored, black)
- Corundum (ruby, sapphire)
- Chrysoberyl (alexandrite, cymophane, cat's-eye)
- Spinel (red, blue, other)
- Quartz (amethyst, citrine, and other)
- Opal (black, white, fire)
- Topaz (blue, imperial, other)
- Beryl (emerald, bixbite, aquamarine, heliodor, morganite, pale green, and goshenite)
- Cordierite
- Phenakite
- Tourmaline Group
- Elbaite Tourmaline (verdelite, rubellite, indicolite, canary, achroite, bicolor, watermelon, cuprian)
- Dravite Tourmaline
- Schorl Tourmaline
- Liddicoatite Tourmaline
- Garnet Group
- Almandine Garnet
- Pyrope Garnet (including rhodolite)
- Spessartine Garnet (including mandarin, malaia, umbalite)
- Grossular Garnet (hessonite, tsavorite, rosolite, leuco)
- Andradite Garnet (demantoid, topazolite, mali, melanite)
- Uvarovite Garnet
- Zircon (hyacinth, jargon, starlight, matara)
- Pyroxene Group
- Spodumene (kunzite, hiddenite, triphane)
- Jadeite
- Actinolite (nephrite and cat's-eye)
- Zoisite (tanzanite, thulite, anyolite)
- Forsterite (peridot, chrysolite)
- Feldspar Group
- Orthoclase Feldspar (moonstone)
- Albite Feldspar (moonstone)
- Albite-Anorthite Feldspar (labradorite)
- Benitoite
- Turquoise
- Inorganic Gems Not Described Here
- Organically Derived Gems
- Pearls
- Noble Coral
- Amber
- Ivory
- Precious Metals (Gold)
- Synthetic Gems, Simulant Gems, and Augmentation
- Mining
- Ethics
- Folklore, Mysticism, and Magic
- Birthstones
- History of The Field Museum's Gem Halls
- Exhibition Team for the Grainger Hall of Gems
- Final Words and Acknowledgments
- Glossary
- References
- Index of Gem, Gemstone, and Other Mineral Names
- Subject Index