商品簡介
Gem and Stone celebrates 50 different gems ranging from timeless classics like diamond and emerald to exotic beauties such as lapis lazuli, peridot, and even petrified wood. Altman's photographs capture the splendor of each gem alongside brief text highlighting the stones' chemical makeups, metaphysical properties, and associated folklore throughout human history. Hand-drawn illustrations by Heather Smith Jones and an insightful foreword by mineralogist Thomas W. Overton round out this lustrous volume. Rock hounds, new age practitioners, and contemporary decorators and fashionistas will all delight in this treasure of a book.
作者簡介
Jen Altman is a photographer and writer living in North Carolina.
Heather Smith Jones is a Lawrence, Kansas-based artist.
Thomas W. Overton is managing editor at the Gemological Institute of America in Carlsbad, California.
