Joined: Sun Oct 16, 2005 12:22 pm Posts: 21602 Location: San Francisco
Thanks JB, I didn't know (obviously) that O'Donogue did this update.
I always thought it was a different book.
Sorry.
The reference to Congo Andesine is very interesting!
Joined: Mon Oct 17, 2005 2:39 pm Posts: 3528 Location: San Francisco Bay Area, CA
On the next page (263) he adds the caveat: "There has been speculation as to where the red/green material actually comes from; one or other or both localities."
A kind of neat thing is, I've ran across a few links while doing searches that have digitized content or a good amount of actual excerpts from various gemological books included in pdf format.
It makes it nice for those who don't actually own the book yet. You don't get everything, but, you get quite a bit when it turns up under a specific topic you're looking for.
Never know what you'll find when you start turning over rocks.
This new edition of "Gems" is not the same as the other versions. It deals primarely with the gems and not with all the other goodies (as instruments) that are still in the 5th. So get both.
_________________ Proud to be a DSN and JTV shopper, just love the guys!
many thanks! instant help as usual much appreciated
will buy this one asap, seems the fifth edition is unavailable to me at the mo, amazon seller wont post to Ireland ther is one on amazon.co.uk but it is nearly $600!!
Joined: Wed Oct 22, 2008 1:48 am Posts: 120 Location: Germany
Just an update on this book... there seem to be multiple printings of the 6th edition that are NOT linked to the Google books overview. Here is the link to the newest version on Amazon. It has a different ISBN for some reason...
I'm lucky that I spent some time poking around to figure out if there was a newer version, because the difference in price was about 40 Euros!! For the SAME book, no less!!!
Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 8 guests
You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot post attachments in this forum