Author: Frank LeechmanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Opals
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Opal Book
Author: Frank LeechmanOpals
Author: Fred WardPublisher:
ISBN: 9780963372383
Category : Opals
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This book is the latest in the popular Fred Ward Gem Book Series. The full-color photographs give the buyer and enthusiast all the information needed to understand the various types of opals and the ability to buy them wisely.
Australian Precious Opal
Author: Andrew CodyPublisher:
ISBN: 9780646016146
Category : Opals
Languages : en
Pages : 65
Book Description
Opal Identification & Value
Author: Paul B.. DowningPublisher: Gem Guides Book Company
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
New edition with added chapters and sections. Provides all the information necessary for complete analysis and evaluation of any opal from a true gem. Properly identify opals from all over the world and what characteristics affect value. Breathtaking color photos throughout.
Obsession Wears Opals
Author: Renee BernardPublisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101613297
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
Darius Thorne has learned to use his wit and intelligence to strategize a better life for himself. He is the White Knight amidst the small secret circle of Gentlemen known only as the Jaded. The handsome scholar shields his heart by keeping a studied distance from the world…until he rescues a beautiful woman. Isabel Netherton isn’t merely a damsel in distress. A high born lady of quality unwilling to be a pawn, she is defiantly escaping an abusive husband. But under Darius’s protection she discovers an unexpected champion--a man who teaches her the power of true desire and what it means to be treated like a queen. However, the law of the land supports her husband’s cruel claim. It will take all of Darius' wit to keep one step ahead of their enemies and protect Isabel. In a deadly game of chess, Darius must defeat the Black Knight and sacrifice himself for his Ivory Queen or forfeit all.
The Opal Story
Author: Andrew CodyPublisher:
ISBN: 9780646505381
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Opal's Greenwood Oasis
Author: Quraysh Ali LansanaPublisher: Calliope Group
ISBN: 9781733647458
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 30
Book Description
"A beautiful and poignant reminder of the industry, joy and resilience of Black people in America."-Trey Ellis, Peabody and Emmy winning producer of King in the Wilderness andTrue Justice: Bryan Stevenson's Fight for Equality The year is 1921, and Opal Brown would like to show you around her beautiful neighborhood of Greenwood in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Filled with busy stores and happy families, Opal also wants you to know that "everyone looks like me." In both words and illustrations, this carefully researched and historically accurate book allows children to experience the joys and success of Greenwood, one of the most prosperous Black communities of the early 20th Century, an area Booker T. Washington dubbed America's Black Wall Street. Soon after the day narrated by Opal, Greenwood would be lost in the Tulsa Race Massacre, the worst act of racial violence in American history. As we approach the centennial of that tragic event, children have the opportunity through this book to learn and celebrate all that was built in Greenwood.
Opal, the Phenomenal Gemstone
Author: Janet CliffordPublisher: Lithographie LLC
ISBN: 9780979099809
Category : Opals
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Precious opal is a rainbow made tangible. Its spectral blaze of color moves, changes, intensifies, fades, or disappears with the slightest change in perspective. Opal?s intriguing play of color and unique atomic arrangement has made it the subject of scientific probing from early optics in the 1850s to high tech photonics today. Equally challenging has been discovering opal?s place in history. Its beauty begs to be enshrined in myth and legend when facts are as scarce as the stone itself.Opal, both precious and common, is found in disparate environments from the unbearable heat of the Australian outback to the higher elevations of the Canadian Rockies, from a centuries old site in Slovakia to a number of little known places in the American west. A unique assortment of characters collect and mine this equally individual stone, of which no two are exactly alike.This blazing gem of chemical simplicity?just silica and water?has ignited a complexity of human emotions: a compulsion to mine, the desire to wear, an urge to fashion, the challenge to imitate, a need to possess. A natural, wearable stone with magical depth, movement, and color, opal is a truly phenomenal gemstone.
Opal Cutting Made Easy
Author: Paul B. DowningPublisher:
ISBN: 9780962531149
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 97
Book Description
Proven step-by-step approach to cutting opal. Easy-to-use guide that takes the beginner through the first stone to advanced cutting techniques, including doublet and triplet making.
Awesome Opals
Author: Joyce JeffriesPublisher: Greenhaven Publishing LLC
ISBN: 1534523146
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
Opals emit a rainbow of colors, which makes them perfect gems to place in stunning pieces of jewelry. How do opals go from raw stones to beautiful gems? Readers discover the answer to this question as they learn the steps that must be taken and the technology that is used to find, cut, and polish opals. Clear main text and informative fact boxes help readers become experts on opals. Colorful photographs of these gems are sure to keep readers engaged as they learn.