Abstract
THE publication in 1890 by the Scientific Publishing Company of New York of Dr. G. F. Kunz's valuable “Gems and Precious Stones of North America” showed for the first time the possibility of producing, by modern methods of photolithography, illustrations of gems, either cut or uncut, which would give some idea of their characteristic colour, transparency and lustre. The two works of which the titles appear above have adopted the same methods of illustration, and the plates are scarcely inferior in beauty and in fidelity to the originals to those which adorn Dr. Kunz's well known book.
Precious Stones, a Popular Account of their Characters, Occurrence and Applications, with an Introduction to their Determination, for Mineralogists, Lapidaries, Jewellers, &c., with an Appendix on Pearls and Coral.
By Prof. Max Bauer. Translated from the German, with additions by L. J. Spencer. Pp. 627; with 20 plates and 94 figures in the text. (London: Charles Griffin and Co., Ltd., 1904.) Price 42s. net.
Gems and Gem Minerals.
By Dr. Oliver Cummings Farrington. Pp. 229; with 16 coloured plates and 60 half-tone and line engravings. (Chicago: A. W. Mumford, 1903.)
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J., J. Precious Stones, a Popular Account of their Characters, Occurrence and Applications, with an Introduction to their Determination, for Mineralogists, Lapidaries, Jewellers, &c., with an Appendix on Pearls and Coral Gems and Gem Minerals . Nature 70, 26–27 (1904). https://doi.org/10.1038/070026a0
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