Gem and Lapidary Materials For Cutters, Collectors, and Jewelers   by June Culp Zeitner   Softback book 400 pages   Published by Geoscience Press Latest impression June 1997 ISBN: 0945005245   Cover Price: US$40.00 or £27.00 Note: this is the price printed on the cover, and does not necessarily represent the actual price you will pay for this item. Buy it online at Amazon.co.uk   Buy it online at Amazon.com
What's it all about? From Book News, Inc. on December 1, 1996 A handbook surveying the history and common materials used in the lapidary arts which include jewelry, carving, and ornamental objects. Zeitner (the "First Lady of Gems") has created an important resource for gem collectors and jewellers, detailing work in quartzes, cabochon, phenomenal gems, metallic and organic gem materials, and man-made varieties such as zircon. The volume features several hundred black and white photographs of gems and the artwork proceeding from them - but we wished more were in color since the stunning facets were lost on the camera's eye. This annotation Copyright by Book News Inc., Portland, Oregon, USA
Biography... June Zeitner's name is legendary in the lapidary hobby movement. She has been writing articles about gems and minerals, localities and jewelry making since the birth of the American lapidary movement in the 1960s.

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