Shakespeare and Precious Stones
Shakespeare and Precious Stones

Author: George Frederick Kunz

Publisher: Good Press

Published: 2019-12-16

Total Pages: 72

ISBN-13:

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"Shakespeare and Precious Stones" by George Frederick Kunz. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

Gems in Myth, Legend, and Lore
Gems in Myth, Legend, and Lore

Author: Bruce G. Knuth

Publisher:

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780964355040

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This comprehensive modern lapidary features gemological, historical, and metaphysical information about forty-six gems. Thousands of beliefs and uses have been collected and chronicled. 115 illustrations enhance this 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 reference. Folklore gathered from numerous cultures is given for each stone. Included is a new translation of Mandeville's fourteenth century Le Lapidaire, and hundreds of quotations from literature. All references to gems in the Bible, the Koran, Shakespeare's plays and poems, and the works of Chaucer, Emerson, Thomas Moore, and Sir Walter Scott are given. A translation of Marbode's eleventh century gem treatise is included, as well as references from Vedic texts. Additional features: crystal shapes and classifying gems, a history of gem literature, and a chapter on birthstones, planetary, and Apostolic stones. Gems in Myth, Legend, and Lore Revised Edition continues a tradition of gem literature spanning over two thousand years.

Prophecy of the Stones
Prophecy of the Stones

Author: Flavia Bujor

Publisher: Turtleback Books

Published: 2005-04-01

Total Pages: 386

ISBN-13: 9781417685790

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Three teenage girls are chosen to fulfill an ancient prophecy in this vividly imagined first novel from a fourteen-year-old author.

Making Designer Jewelry from Hardware, Gems, and Beads
Making Designer Jewelry from Hardware, Gems, and Beads

Author: Nicole Noelle Sherman

Publisher: Quarry Books

Published: 2008-07-01

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 9781592534227

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25 gorgeous how-to projects Interest in beading and jewelry-making continues to grow. Making Designer Jewelry from Hardware, Beads, and Gems offers DIY crafters and jewelry-makers a fun, funky approach to jewelry constructed from not only glass beads, pearls, and semi-precious gemstones, but shows how to incorporate simple stainless steel, aluminum, copper, brass and tin hardware, such as nuts, bolts, washers, and tubing, into stunning, innovative, and modern jewelry pieces. Using hardware in jewelry has become popular, and features an aesthetic twist that mixes "high" and "low" --inexpensive and common metal hardware with favorite bead-store jewels.