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There are 7 books in this catalogue.
Gem Cutting, A Lapidary's Manual
Sinkankas, John
Book Number: 66379
ISBN: 
Publisher: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, New Jersey, 1962.
8vo. hardcover. 413pp. index, b/w illus. Good+, light foxing to endpapers, small stain on front pastedown, two small spots on page outer edges, crease on spine. / no d/w.
Price: $25.00


Crystal Basics
Rosen, Brenda
Book Number: 65533
ISBN: 0600614395
Publisher: Hamlyn, London 2007.
8vo. softcover. 400pp. colour illus. Very good.
Price: $8.00


Gem Testing
Anderson, B. W.
Book Number: 65208
ISBN: 
Publisher: Heywood & Company Ltd, London, 1958.
8vo. hardcover. 334pp. index, b/w illus., ads. Very good. / Very good d/w with small tear and crease on top edge.
Price: $22.00


Crystal Identifier
Darling, Peter
Book Number: 65091
ISBN: 0792455118
Publisher: Mallard Press, New York, New York 1991
4to. hardcover. 80pp. index, colour illus. Very good. / Very good d/w.
Price: $15.00


The Opal Book: a Complete Guide to the Famous Gemstone
Leechman, Frank
Book Number: 65056
ISBN: 
Publisher: Sydney Ure Smith 1970.
8vo softcover 255pp index, b/w illus. very good.
Price: $9.00


Dictionary of Gemmology
Read, Peter G.
Book Number: 64468
ISBN: 0408005718
Publisher: Butterworth Scientific, 1982.
8vo. hardcover. 240pp. b/w illus. Very good. / Very good d/w. Book and wrapper covered in clear adhesive plastic.
Price: $12.00


Diamonds in Australia - the Fields and the Prospectors
Chapman, Leo
Book Number: 60874
ISBN: 0858353881
Publisher: Sydney: Bay Books, 1980
Soft Cover. 8vo. 190pp with numerous photos - historic ones in b&w but many in full colour.Very good. Covers the world diamond scene in Australia, the South African find, Oppenheimer, the Germans, origin of diamonds and other diamond regions, mining and separation. General Electric Diamond manufacturing, De Beers, diamond cutting. Also detaiiled index and appendices plus an A - Z of diamond companies.
Price: $17.00