Smithsonian National Gem Collection-Unearthed: Surprising Stories Behind the Jewels: Stitch, Patch, Darn, Plant-Dye & Love Your Wardrobe

Even though this is a paperback, the quality is very good. The book was new. Lovely photos and well researched content. A true delight and a well written book. Sits just well in my studio.

Very interesting and entertaining, the book is well made and a pleasure to the eye as well, with very high quality photographs.

A gem collection from the Smithsonian for me to learn from and actually get to stare at aside from the monitors screens? YES, please! I’m getting more into gems and jewelry as a crafter, so I obviously needed to learn my history of how and why beautiful pieces came to be so I went to the good old Amazon. I waited for the prices to go down and when I saw a 5 dollar coupon last week, I jump on the deal. Now I have a beautiful book to show off to my jewelry making friends that we can all geek about and admired from. Pros: - The book is a lot bigger than I thought. - The quality of the images are beautiful BUT it provides context and history behind every piece! - Explains the history of the gems and the jewelry pieces in a helpful and simple way. - Each type of gem (like opals, quartz, etc.) is explained from how it was discover to how it’s made by nature. - Again, I get to learn while look at pretty pretty pictures. Cons: - I wish the book was bigger or that their was a different volumes of it. I’m sure there are a lot more gems and pieces that Smithsonian has to show of. If you still have doubts about adding this gorgeous book to your collection or to learn from, look at the flip through. There is no other way than seeing it.

Adorei

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Excellent book, recommended - just wish it had been available in Hardcover!