Simon & Schuster's Guide to Gems and
Precious Stones

By: Curzio Cipriani and Alessandro Borelli
Simon & Schuster's Guide to Gems and
Precious Stones provides the casual
collector with a compact, easy-to-use
volume describing more than 100 rare
varieties of minerals whose beauty and
mystery have possessed our imaginations
from time immemorial. More than 450
brilliant photographs accompanying
profiles of each gem.