Tables of gemstone identification

Roger Dedeyne & Ivo Quintens

Glirico, Belgium

The most actual and updated tables for the determination of gemstones.

This book contains 8 different tables that should lead the user to a faster and correct determination of transparant gemstones as well as opaque ornamental stones

Colored Diamonds

John King

Gemological Institute of America (GIA)

The best of Gems & Gemology on the subject of colored diamonds: now available in one comprehensive volume.

Insights on the past, present, and future of colored diamonds, in the marketplace and the laboratory.

PLUS! The GIA Colored Diamonds Color Reference Charts booklet explains and illustrates GIA color grades and descriptions for the most common fancy colors.

In Pursuit Precious of Stones DVD Video

ICA, International Colored Gemstone Association

12 hour-long documentaries on 4 DVD’s around colored gemstones.

Guided by Patrick Voillot, an accomplished gemologist, you will discover the origins of these rare and fabulous colored gemstones that become the most exclusive jewellery, and the location where men unearth them.

Synthetic Diamonds Gems & Gemology in Review

Gemological Institute of America

The best of Gems & Gemology on the subject of synthetic diamonds: now available in a single comprehensive volume.

Synthetic diamonds are one of the most important challenges facing gem and jewelry professionals today.

DIAMONDS Treatments, Synthetics and Simulants, Integrity, Disclosure and Detection

The Diamond Trading Company has created and produced a new educational CD-ROM.

The definitive guide for maintaining the integrity of diamonds in the age of treatments and synthetics.

Manual of Mineral Science, 23rd Edition

Cornelis Klein, Barbara Dutrow

John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

The classic in the field since 1848, this extraordinary reference offers readers unsurpassed coverage of mineralogy and crystallography.

The revised edition now includes a CD-ROM to let readers see the minerals and crystals, while also viewing chemical composition, symmetry, and morphological crystallography.

Mineralfundorte und ihre Minerale in Deutschland.  2., revidierte Auflage

Artur Wittern

E.Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung

This is the first book of its kind, with an overview of the mineral field localitions for the whole of Germany.

It is a large aid has at preparing excursions, by means of local information, maps and numerous images of found minerals.

The Plausibility of Life Resolving Darwin's Dilemma

Marc W.Kirschner, John C.Gerhart

Yale University Press

In a new theory they call facilitated variation, Kirschner and Gerhart elevate the individual organism from a passive target of natural selection to a central player in the 3-billion-year history of evolution.

In clear, accessible language, the authors invite every reader to contemplate daring new ideas about evolution.

Glossary of Geology 5th edition

Klaus K.E.Neuendorf, James P.Mehl, Jr., and Julia A.Jackson

American Geological Institute

The fifth edition of the Glossary of Geology contains nearly 40,000 entries, including 3,600 new terms and nearly 13,000 entries with revised definitions from the previous edition.