Precious stones

Here are entered mineralogical and technological works on potential and actual engraved stones and jewels. Antiquarian or artistic works on engraved stones and jewels are entered under Gems.

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• Minerals

• Gems

• Precious stones -- Collection and preservation
• Precious stones -- Early works to 1800
• Precious stones -- India
• Precious stones -- North Carolina
• Precious stones -- Therapeutic use
• Precious stones -- United States
• Corundum
• Diamonds
• Opals
• Precious stones, Artificial

• Jewels
• Gemstones
• Semi-precious stones
• Gem minerals
• Stones, Precious

• A Book of Precious Stones (New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1910), by Julius Wodiska (illustrated HTML pages at farlang.com)
• The Chemistry, Properties and Tests of Precious Stones (1911), by John Mastin (illustrated HTML pages at farlang.com)
• Diamonds and Precious Stones: A Popular Account of Gems (New York: Scribner, Armstrong, and Company, 1874), by Louis Dieulafait, trans. by Fanchon Sanford
  • illustrated HTML pages at farlang.com
  • page images at MOA
• Diamonds and Precious Stones: Their History, Value, and Distinguishing Characteristics; With Simple Tests For Their Identification. (second edition; London: J.C. Hotten, 1867), by Harry Emanuel (illustrated HTML pages at farlang.com)
• Diamonds, Pearls and Precious Stones (Boston: Printed for Smith Patterson Co. by Griffith-Stillings Press, 1913), by Marcell Nelson Smith (illustrated HTML pages at farlang.com)
• Gems and Gem Minerals (Chicago: A. W. Mumford, 1903), by Oliver C. Farrington (illustrated HTML pages at farlang.com)
• Gems and Precious Stones (1896), by Henry George Smith (illustrated HTML pages at farlang.com)
• Gems and Precious Stones of North America (New York: The Scientific Publishing Co., 1890), by George Frederick Kunz (illustrated HTML pages at farlang.com)
• Gems: Notes and Extracts (London: Bell and Daldy, 1871), by Augusto Castellani, trans. by Mrs. John Brogden (illustrated HTML pages at farlang.com)
• The History of Jewels, and of the Principal Riches of the East and West (1671), by Samuel Chappuzeau (page images at farlang.com)
• Minerals and Cut Stones: Reference Book Containing Condensed and Simplified Descriptions From Standard Works on Mineralogy (1923), ed. by Mengo L. Morgenthau (illustrated HTML pages at farlang.com)
• The Natural History, Ancient and Modern, of Precious Stones and Gems, and of the Precious Metals (London: Bell and Daldy, 1865), by C. W. King (illustrated HTML pages at farlang.com)
• The Natural History of Gems or Decorative Stones (1867), by C. W. King (illustrated HTML pages at farlang.com)
• The Natural History of the Precious Stones and of the Precious Metals (London: Bell and Daldy, 1867), by C. W. King (illustrated HTML pages at farlang.com)
• A Popular Treatise on Gems, in Reference to Their Scientific Value: A Guide for the Teacher of Natural Sciences, the Lapidary, Jeweller, and Amateur, Together with a Description of the Elements of Mineralogy, and All Ornamental and Architectural Materials (third edition; New York: the author, 1867), by Lewis Feuchtwanger (illustrated HTML pages at farlang.com)
• Precious Stones (ca.1907), by Wilbert Goodchild (illustrated HTML pages at farlang.com)
• Precious Stones: A Book of Reference for Jewellers (Philadelphia and London: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1903), by Wallis Richard Cattelle (illustrated HTML pages at farlang.com)
• Precious Stones and Gems, Their History, Sources and Characteristics (sixth edition; London: George Bell and Sons, 1898), by Edwin W. Streeter (illustrated HTML pages at farlang.com)
• Precious Stones Considered in Their Scientific and Artistic Relations; With a Catalogue of the Townshend Collection (new edition; London: H.M. Stationery off., 1905), by A. H. Church (illustrated HTML pages at farlang.com)
• Precious Stones in Nature, Art and Literature (Boston: Bradlee Whidden, 1886), by S. M. Burnham (illustrated HTML pages at farlang.com)
• Theophrastus on Stones: Introduction, Greek Text, English Translation, and Commentary (Columbus, OH: Ohio State University, 1956), by Theophrastus, ed. by Earle Radcliffe Caley and John F. C. Richards (illustrated HTML pages at farlang.com)

• Natural Gemstones, by United States Geological Survey (illustrated HTML at USGS)

• An Essay about the Origine and Virtue of Gems (London: Printed by W. Godbid, 1672), by Robert Boyle (page images at farlang.com)
• A Lapidary: or, The History of Pretious Stones (Cambridge: Printed by Thomas Buck, 1652), by Thomas Nicols (illustrated HTML pages at farlang.com)

• A Treatise on Diamonds and Pearls (fourth edition; London: E. Lumley, n.d.), by David Jeffries (illustrated HTML pages at farlang.com)

• All About Gold, Gems, and Pearls (Also Minerals Generally) in Ceylon and Southern India (second edition, 1888), by A. M. Ferguson and John Ferguson (illustrated HTML pages at farlang.com)

• History of the Gems Found in North Carolina (Raleigh: E. M. Uzzell and Co., 1907), by George Frederick Kunz (illustrated HTML pages at farlang.com)

• Precious Stones: For Curative Wear and Other Remedial Uses, Likewise the Nobler Metals (1907), by William Thomas Fernie (illustrated HTML pages at farlang.com)

• Natural Gemstones, by United States Geological Survey (illustrated HTML at USGS)
• An Overview of Production of Specific U.S. Gemstones, by Gordon Austin (illustrated HTML at USGS)

• Precious Stones and Gems, Their History, Sources and Characteristics (sixth edition; London: George Bell and Sons, 1898), by Edwin W. Streeter (illustrated HTML pages at farlang.com)

• The Book of Diamonds: Their Curious Lore, Properties, Tests and Synthetic Manufacture (New York: Hearthside Press, 1940), by John Willard Hershey (illustrated HTML pages at farlang.com)
• The Diamond (London and New York: John Lane, 1911), by Wallis Richard Cattelle (illustrated HTML pages at farlang.com)
• Diamond Design (1919 original text with notes and corrections by editor in 2001), by Marcel Tolkowsky, ed. by Jasper Paulsen (illustrated HTML with commentary at folds.net)
• Diamonds (London and New York: Harper and Brothers, 1909), by William Crookes (illustrated HTML pages at farlang.com)
• Diamonds and Precious Stones: A Popular Account of Gems (New York: Scribner, Armstrong, and Company, 1874), by Louis Dieulafait, trans. by Fanchon Sanford
  • illustrated HTML pages at farlang.com
  • page images at MOA
• Diamonds and Precious Stones: Their History, Value, and Distinguishing Characteristics; With Simple Tests For Their Identification. (second edition; London: J.C. Hotten, 1867), by Harry Emanuel (illustrated HTML pages at farlang.com)
• Diamonds, Pearls and Precious Stones (Boston: Printed for Smith Patterson Co. by Griffith-Stillings Press, 1913), by Marcell Nelson Smith (illustrated HTML pages at farlang.com)
• Fire in the Earth: The Story of the Diamond (New York and London: Harper and Bros., c1942), by James Remington McCarthy (illustrated HTML pages at farlang.com)
• The Great Diamonds of the World: Their History and Romance, by Edwin W. Streeter, ed. by Joseph Hatton and A. H. Keane (illustrated HTML pages at farlang.com)
• Papers and Notes on the Genesis and Matrix of the Diamond (London et al: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1897), by Henry Carvill Lewis, ed. by T. G. Bonney (illustrated HTML pages at farlang.com)

• Tom Swift Among the Diamond Makers, by Victor Appleton (Gutenberg text)

• The Birth of the Opal (New York: Jaques and Marcus, c1886), by Ella Wheeler Wilcox (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Precious Stones (ca.1907), by Wilbert Goodchild (illustrated HTML pages at farlang.com)

Items below (if any) are from related and broader terms.

• The Book of Talismans, Amulets and Zodiacal Gems (second and revised edition; London: William Rider and Son, 1922), by William Thomas Pavitt and Kate Pavitt (illustrated HTML with commentary at sacred-texts.com)
• The Curious Lore of Precious Stones (Philadelphia and London: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1913), by George Frederick Kunz (illustrated HTML pages at farlang.com)
• Diamonds and Precious Stones: A Popular Account of Gems (New York: Scribner, Armstrong, and Company, 1874), by Louis Dieulafait, trans. by Fanchon Sanford
  • illustrated HTML pages at farlang.com
  • page images at MOA
• Diamonds and Precious Stones: Their History, Value, and Distinguishing Characteristics; With Simple Tests For Their Identification. (second edition; London: J.C. Hotten, 1867), by Harry Emanuel (illustrated HTML pages at farlang.com)
• Diamonds, Pearls and Precious Stones (Boston: Printed for Smith Patterson Co. by Griffith-Stillings Press, 1913), by Marcell Nelson Smith (illustrated HTML pages at farlang.com)
• Gem Trader (New York: Sheridan House, c1939), by Louis Kornitzer (illustrated HTML pages at farlang.com)
• Gems: Notes and Extracts (London: Bell and Daldy, 1871), by Augusto Castellani, trans. by Mrs. John Brogden (illustrated HTML pages at farlang.com)
• Mediaeval Gem Engraving, by C. W. King (illustrated HTML pages at farlang.com)
• The Natural History, Ancient and Modern, of Precious Stones and Gems, and of the Precious Metals (London: Bell and Daldy, 1865), by C. W. King (illustrated HTML pages at farlang.com)
• The Natural History of the Precious Stones and of the Precious Metals (London: Bell and Daldy, 1867), by C. W. King (illustrated HTML pages at farlang.com)
• Precious Stones in Nature, Art and Literature (Boston: Bradlee Whidden, 1886), by S. M. Burnham (illustrated HTML pages at farlang.com)
• Stories About Famous Precious Stones (Boston: D. Lothrop, c1890), by Adela E. Orpen (illustrated HTML pages at farlang.com)

More items available under broader and related terms at left.