Author: Wendell E. Wilson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
The collection of natural mineral crystals housed at the Houston Museum of Natural Science is the finest and best known in the world. Now the treasures of this singular collection are shown in resplendent photographs that will seduce both the connoisseur of beauty and the student of natural history.
Masterpieces of the Mineral World
Author: Wendell E. Wilson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
The collection of natural mineral crystals housed at the Houston Museum of Natural Science is the finest and best known in the world. Now the treasures of this singular collection are shown in resplendent photographs that will seduce both the connoisseur of beauty and the student of natural history.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
The collection of natural mineral crystals housed at the Houston Museum of Natural Science is the finest and best known in the world. Now the treasures of this singular collection are shown in resplendent photographs that will seduce both the connoisseur of beauty and the student of natural history.
The World's Mineral Masterpieces
Author: Eberhard Equit
Publisher:
ISBN: 9783930874064
Category : Minerals
Languages : de
Pages : 289
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9783930874064
Category : Minerals
Languages : de
Pages : 289
Book Description
Gems and Gemstones
Author: Lance Grande
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226305112
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 387
Book Description
"Gems and Gemstones" features nearly 300 color images of cut gems, precious and semiprecious stones, gem-quality mineral specimens, and fine jewelry to be unveiled in the new Grainger Hall of Gems at the Field Museum in Chicago.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226305112
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 387
Book Description
"Gems and Gemstones" features nearly 300 color images of cut gems, precious and semiprecious stones, gem-quality mineral specimens, and fine jewelry to be unveiled in the new Grainger Hall of Gems at the Field Museum in Chicago.
Gem & Crystal Treasures
Author: Peter Bancroft
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780961346119
Category : Mineralogy.
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
100 field trips to many of the world's exotic gem and crystal mines.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780961346119
Category : Mineralogy.
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
100 field trips to many of the world's exotic gem and crystal mines.
Minerals of the World
Author: Walter Schumann
Publisher: Sterling Publishing (NY)
ISBN:
Category : Heavy minerals
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Faeturing color-true photographs, the author's Rapid Indentification Syatem, and concise yet detailed listings for more than 500 minerals, this perfect field guide for mineral collectors enables readers to speedily locate the possible "matches" of any mineral they discover. Full-color.
Publisher: Sterling Publishing (NY)
ISBN:
Category : Heavy minerals
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Faeturing color-true photographs, the author's Rapid Indentification Syatem, and concise yet detailed listings for more than 500 minerals, this perfect field guide for mineral collectors enables readers to speedily locate the possible "matches" of any mineral they discover. Full-color.
Symbols of Excellence
Author: Grahame Clark
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521302647
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
Professor Clark explores the reasons of why humans value precious metals, gems, ivory and pearls so highly.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521302647
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
Professor Clark explores the reasons of why humans value precious metals, gems, ivory and pearls so highly.
Gems
Author: François Farges
Publisher: Rizzoli Publications
ISBN: 2081512955
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Enter into the fascinating world of precious gems through this unique volume that brings together the wonders of mineralogy and masterpieces of jewelry. Both a reference book and an exhibition catalog, Gems unveils the fascinating world of minerals and gems through a dialogue between the prestigious collections of the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle in Paris and the great French jeweler Van Cleef & Arpels. The Muséum national d'histoire naturelle in Paris welcomes the exhibition Gems from September 16, 2020‒May 4, 2021. This beautifully illustrated volume brings together an international team of mineralogists, scientists, and specialists in natural history and in the history of jewelry, under the editorial direction of François Farges, to explore the diversity of the mineral universe through an exceptional selection of geological specimens (some published here for the first time), legendary gems, and exceptional ornaments created throughout history. Raw crystals, cut stones, and jewelry are compared and contrasted, shedding light on both the natural wonders made by the Earth itself and the virtuoso creations of human hands that transform them into works of art.
Publisher: Rizzoli Publications
ISBN: 2081512955
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Enter into the fascinating world of precious gems through this unique volume that brings together the wonders of mineralogy and masterpieces of jewelry. Both a reference book and an exhibition catalog, Gems unveils the fascinating world of minerals and gems through a dialogue between the prestigious collections of the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle in Paris and the great French jeweler Van Cleef & Arpels. The Muséum national d'histoire naturelle in Paris welcomes the exhibition Gems from September 16, 2020‒May 4, 2021. This beautifully illustrated volume brings together an international team of mineralogists, scientists, and specialists in natural history and in the history of jewelry, under the editorial direction of François Farges, to explore the diversity of the mineral universe through an exceptional selection of geological specimens (some published here for the first time), legendary gems, and exceptional ornaments created throughout history. Raw crystals, cut stones, and jewelry are compared and contrasted, shedding light on both the natural wonders made by the Earth itself and the virtuoso creations of human hands that transform them into works of art.
Masterpieces of Chinese Export Porcelain from the Mottahedeh Collection in the Virginia Museum
Author: David Sanctuary Howard
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
Masterpieces of the Earth
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 9788854416246
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
With pages of spectacular photographs, this book pays homage to the powerful forces that shape our planet--fire, ice, water, and wind--revealing extraordinary landscapes and breathtaking geological features. These images, of geysers spewing scalding water, glaciers chiseling out the mountainsides, and red-hot molten lava exploding, demonstrate how Earth's appearance resulted from the incessant, powerful activity of nature and climate change. The portrait that emerges from this exceptional journey captures a living, endlessly changing, world.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9788854416246
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
With pages of spectacular photographs, this book pays homage to the powerful forces that shape our planet--fire, ice, water, and wind--revealing extraordinary landscapes and breathtaking geological features. These images, of geysers spewing scalding water, glaciers chiseling out the mountainsides, and red-hot molten lava exploding, demonstrate how Earth's appearance resulted from the incessant, powerful activity of nature and climate change. The portrait that emerges from this exceptional journey captures a living, endlessly changing, world.
Early Black American Leaders in Nursing
Author: Althea T. Davis
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning
ISBN: 9780763710095
Category : African American nurses
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
In celebrating the history of the black nursing experience, the author (a RN and EdD) relates the role model-worthy biographies of three Nursing Hall of Fame women: Mary Eliza Mahoney, Martha Minerva Franklin, and Adah Belle Samuels Thoms. Includes substantial appendices on the National Association
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning
ISBN: 9780763710095
Category : African American nurses
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
In celebrating the history of the black nursing experience, the author (a RN and EdD) relates the role model-worthy biographies of three Nursing Hall of Fame women: Mary Eliza Mahoney, Martha Minerva Franklin, and Adah Belle Samuels Thoms. Includes substantial appendices on the National Association