Books
Opal Bibliography
A CENTURY PLUS OF OPAL PUBLICATIONS, Hans E.R. de Boer, 1994.
A CLOSE CALL AT YOWAH, Herman Kreller, 1998.
A FIELD GUIDE TO AUSTRALIAN OPAL, Barry O'Leary, 1977.
A GUIDE TO PRECIOUS OPAL, Stone & Butt, 1976.
A JOURNEY WITH COLOUR Vol I, A HISTORY OF QUEENSLAND, Len Cram, 1998.
A JOURNEY WITH COLOUR Vol II Part A, A HISTORY OF WHITE CLIFFS, Len Cram, 2002.
A JOURNEY WITH COLOUR Vol II Part B, A HISTORY OF LIGHTNING RIDGE, Len Cram, 2004.
A JOURNEY WITH COLOUR Vol III, A HISTORY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA, Len Cram, 2006.
ABSALOM'S OUTBACK, John Mabey, 1981.
AN OPAL TERMINOLOGY, J.S. Gunn, 1971.
ANDAMOOKA OPAL, Dean Osterstock, 1976.
ANDAMOOKA OPAL FIELDS, The Geology of the Precious Stones Field, SG Carr, JG Oliver, CHH Conor, DC Scott, 1979.
ANDAMOOKA, Wal Watkins, 1972.
AND THERES OPAL OUT THERE, Ed Waller, 1969.
AUSTRALIAN OPAL SAFARI, John Colohan, 1973.
AUSTRALIAN OPALS IN COLOUR, N & R Perry, 1969.
AUSTRALIAN PRECIOUS OPAL, Andrew Cody, 1991.
AUSTRALIAN PRECIOUS OPAL, Archie Kalokerinos, 1971.
AUSTRALIAN PRECIOUS OPAL, Douglas Stone and Robert Butt, 1972.
BEAUTIFUL AUSTRALIAN OPALS - A FIELD GUIDE, Len Cram, 1994.
BEAUTIFUL AUSTRALIAN OPALS, Len Cram, 1990.
BEAUTIFUL OPALS - AUSTRALIAS NATIONAL GEM, Len Cram, 1994.
BEAUTIFUL OPALS - AUSTRALIAS NATIONAL GEM - SPECIAL 2000 COMMEMORATIVE EDITION, Len Cram, 1999.
BEAUTIFUL LIGHTNING RIDGE,Len Cram, 1993.
BEAUTIFUL LIGHTNING RIDGE - HOME THE WORLD FAMOUS BLACK OPAL, Len Cram 1991.
BEAUTIFUL QUEENSLAND OPALS, Len Cram, 1991.
BEAUTIFUL OPALS OF THE DESERT, Len Cram, 1992.
BEAUTIFUL YOWAH & KOROIT, Len Cram 2008.
BILLY TWO-TOES RAINBOW, Hugh Atkinson, 1982.
BLACK OPAL-THE BOOK, Greg Pardy, 1999.
BLACK OPAL, K.S. Prichard, 1946.
BLACK OPAL: A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO CUTTING & ORIENTATION, Greg Pardey, 1999.
BLACK OPAL AND OTHER VERSES, Laurie Hudson, c.1969.
BLACK OPAL FOSSILS OF LIGHTNING RIDGE, Elizabeth & Robert Smith, 1999.
BLOOD ON THE OPAL, G.E. Grundy, 1999. (F)
BOWYANGS AND BOOMERANGS, MJ O'Reilly, 1944, reprinted 1984.
CALL ME WHEN THE CROSS TURNS OVER, D'arcy Niland, 1965.
CHILDREN OF THE OPAL, St. Alban Smith, 1979.
CLIFFS OF OPAL, F.W.Boreham, 1948.
COOBER PEDY, OPAL WONDERLAND OF AUSTRALIA, Kerry E. Medway
COOBER PEDY, 65 YEARS YOUNG 1915-1980, Kerry E. Medway, 1981.
DETERMINED, Stephen Aracic, 2003.
DIGGING AROUND COOBER PEDY, Anne Johnson, 2006.
DIGIT DICK AND THE LOST OPALS, Leslie Rees, 1971.
DISCOVER QUEENSLAND OPALS, Robert Brown ed., 2008.
DISCOVER OPALS, Stephen Aracic, 1996.
EDELSTEINE, Eduard Gubeun, 1969.
DUBNICKY OPAL, Maros Barok & Peter Semrad, 2001.
EVERY SECOND CHILD, Archie Kalokerinos, 1974.
EXTRA LAPIS, No. 10. OPAL - THE PHENOMENAL GEMSTONE, 2007.
FORTUNES IN AUSTRALIAN OPALS, Stephen Aracic, 1988.
FUR, GOLD AND OPALS, Murphy Schewchuk, 1975.
GLISTENINGS FROM THE OPAL FIELDS, by Grawin Opal Miners
GONE GOUGIN, Nino Cullotta, 1976.
GONE NOMAD, A. Russel, 1936.
I LEFT MY HAT IN ANDAMOOKA, C. Austin, 1973.
IN SEARCH OF OPAL, Archie Kalokerinos,, 1967.
LETTERS TO ERIC, Judith Smith & Dr. Alex Ritchie, 1993.
LIGHTNING RIDGE, Ion Idriess, 1950.
LIGHTNING RIDGE THE HOME OF THE BLACK OPAL, Gan Bruce, 1983.
LIGHTNING RIDGE OPAL: BLOOD OF THE GODS, Budd Severs, 2008.
LOUISIANA OPAL, Ben. F. Stevens, 1999.
MINERS TALES FROM THE BLACK OPAL COUNTRY, Rusty Bowen, 1997.
NANCY CRAIG AND THE FIRE OPAL OF GUATEMALA, Matilda Bailey, 1948.
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, Article about Coober Pedy, Vol 150, No.4 October 1976.
OPAL, ADVANCED CUTTING AND SETTING, . Paul. B. Downing, 1999.
OPAL ADVENTURES, Paul Downing PhD, 1990.
OPAL & GEMSTONE JEWELRY; CUTTING, DESIGNING, SETTING: A STEP BY STEP GUIDE, Paul Downing, 2009.
OPAL AND HOW TO WORK IT, Frank Barnett, 1981.
OPAL CUTTING MADE EASY, Paul B. Downing Ph.D., 1984.
OPAL DREAMING, Robin Leslie, 1996.
OPAL FEVER, Nicholas Miles, 1972.
OPAL IDENTIFICATION AND VALUE, Paul Downing PhD., 2001.
OPAL LADIES, Cilka Zagar
OPAL MEN, P. Vin Wake, 1969.
OPAL MINING AT LIGHTNING RIDGE, John Mcabe, 1979.
OPAL, RIVERS OF ILLUSION, Alina Loneck, 1986.
OPAL, SOUTH AUSTRALIAS GEMSTONE, L.C.Barnes et. al., 1992.
OPAL, THE GEM OF THE NEVER NEVER, Tullie C. Wollaston, 1924.
OPAL - THE PHENOMENAL GEMSTONE, Lithographie, 2007.
OPALESQUE, Bernard Boucher, 1983.
OPALS, Fred Ward, 1997.
OPALS, Olive Custance (Lady Alfred Douglas), 1897.
OPALS & AGATES - OR SCENES UNDER THE SOUTHERN CROSS & THE MAGELLANS, Nehemiah Bartley, 1892.
OPALS & GOLD - WANDERINGS & WORK ON THE MINING & GEM FIELDS, R Macdonald, 1928.
OPALS & SAPHIRES, Ion L. Idriess, 1967.
OPALS OF AUSTRALIA, Robert G. Haill, 2003.
OPALS OF THE NEVER NEVER, Robert G. Haill, 1981.
QUILPIE OPALS BICENTENARY COLLECTION, 1988.
REDISCOVER OPALS IN AUSTRALIA, Stephen Aracic, 1999.
RICHES OF THE EARTH, F.J. Anderson. 1981.
ROAD TO ANDAMOOKA, John Summers, 1965.
SCALES OF THE RAINBOW SERPENT, Budd Severs, 1998.
SOMETHING TO SAY, Michael Sull Jr., 1974.
SPARK OF OPAL, Mavis Thorpe Clark, 1973.
STEPPING STONES, W. H. Stevenson, 1929.
STONES OF FIRE - ADVENTURES IN SEARCH OF OPAL, M.D. Berrington, 1958.
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING, Les Taylor, 1985.
SWEAT, TEARS AND BLOOD RED OPAL, Ron McKenzie, 2000.
THE AUSTRALIAN JUNIOR ENCYCLOPEDIA, Volume 2, Article by Ion. L. Idriess, 1962.
THE BIRTH OF THE OPAL, Allen. Daphne, 1913.(C)
THE BOOK OF OPALS, Winfred Charles Eyles, 1974.
THE EULO QUEEN, C.W. Wurth, 1999.
THE FIRE IN THE STONE, Colin Thiele, 1973.(F)
THE FIRE WITHIN, J.J.Austin, 1995.(F)
THE GREEN OPAL, Henry C James, 1954.
THE INTERNATIONAL OPAL JOURNAL, Vol.1. No.1, 1977.
THE LIGHTNING RIDGE BOOK, Lloyd Stuart, 1960.
THE MAN UNDERGROUND, Kenneth Cook, 1977.
THE OPAL BOOK, Frank Leechman, 1961.
THE OPAL SEEKERS, Ray Morris, 1956.
THE OPAL STORY: A GUIDEBOOK WITH COMPLIMENTARY DVD, Andrew & Damien Cody, 2008.
THE OPAL THAT TURNED INTO FIRE, Janet Mathews, 1994.
THE PAINTED SWAGMAN: A TRIBUTE TO WALTZING MATILDA, Dorothy Gauvin, 1995.
THE PIONEER BOOKS MAGAZINE, Article by Han's Deboer, 1996.
THE PITT ST PROSPECTOR, Blue Garland, 1969.
THE ROARING DAYS AN AUSTRALIAN YARN, Donald McLean, 1960.
THE STORY OF NOBLE OPAL, Sydney B.J. Sketcherley, 1908.
THE SPIRIT OF THE CHILD, T.C.Wollaston, 1914.
THE WONDERS OF FOSSICKING & EXPLORING THE AUSTRALIAN OPAL FIELDS, Len Cram, 2008.
THE WORLD OF OPALS, Allan.W. Eckert, 1997.
THEY STRUCK OPAL, E.M. Murphy, 1948.
TIME MEANS TUCKER, Tritton. H.P. 'Duke', 1964.
TREATISE ON QUARTZ & OPAL, G.W. Traill, 1870.
TULLIE CORNWAITHE WOLLASTON, D.P.T Wollaston, 1994.
WHITE CLIFFS - A JEWEL IN THE OUTBACK OF AUSTRALIA, Otto Rogge, 2004.
WHITE MAN IN A HOLE, Rena Briand, 1971.
WINGS OVER WILCANNIA -LEN DANIELS AUSTRALIA"S FIRST FLYING PARSON, K.E.Midway, 2000.
Magazine Articles

AUSTRALIAN NATURAL HISTORY, The Australian Museum-Quarterly, 1963.
GEO AUSTRALIA, Article on Opal fossils by E. Smith, June/July. Vol21. No2. 1999.
HILTON AUSTRALIA Vol.2 No.4 summer Issue 1987/88, Article: 'Opals - Australia's National Gem' by E. Gregory Sherman.
LAPIDARY JOURNAL, Numerous issues
METAL STONE AND GLASS, Most issues
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, Vol 150, No4 October 1976: Article about Coober Pedy "Opal Capital of Australia's Outback"
THE LIVING AUSTRALIA, Lynette Coutts
VERANDA, Vol. XXII, No.7, ‘Personal Luxury: Opal Essence-Kaleidoscopes of Colour’, October 2007.
QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT MINING JOURNAL, Vol.XXV July 1924.
Jewellery Bibliography
500 BRACELETS, Marthe LeVan, 2005.
500 EARRINGS, Marthe LeVan, 2007.
500 GEMSTONE JEWELS, MartheLe Van, 2010.
500 NECKLACES, Marthe LeVan, 2006.
500 PENDANTS & LOCKETS, Marthe LeVan, 2008.
7000 YEARS OF JEWELRY:From the Collections of the British Museum, Hugh Tait, 2008.
A CENTURY OF JEWELRY - CLASSY, FLASHY, TRASHY!, Deborah Crosby, 2005.
A CONNOISEURS GUIDE TO ANTIQUE SILVER, Ronald Pearsall, 1977.
A HISTORY OF JEWELLERY: 1100-1870, Joan Evans, 1970 (2nd.Ed.)
A HISTORY OF JEWELS & JEWELLERY, Ingrid Kuntzsch, 1981.
ALFONS MUCHA:1860-1939 MASTER OF ART NOUVEAU, Renate Ulmer, 2006.
AMAZING CARTIER: JEWELLERY DESIGN SINCE 1937, Nadine Coleno, 2009.
AMERICAN ART JEWELLERY TODAY, Susan Grant Lewin, 1994.
AMERICAN WRISTWATCHES: FIVE DECADES OF STYLE & DESIGN, Edward Faber & Stewart Unger, 1988.
AN ILLUSTRATED DICTIONARY OF JEWELRY, Harold Newman, 1990.
ANCESTRAL JEWELS, Diana Scarisbrick, 1989.
ANCIENT EGYPTIAN JEWELLERY, Carol Andrews, 1996.
ANCIENT JEWELLERY, Jack Ogden, 1992.
ANSWERS & QUESTIONS ABOUT OLD JEWELRY 1840-1950, 5th Ed, C. Jeanenne Bell, 1999.
ANTIQUE JEWELLERY: ITS HISTORY IN EUROPE FROM 800, Erich Steingraber, 1957.
ANTIQUE JEWELLERY: FROM THE SECOND TO THE EIGHTH CENTURY AD, Etienne Coche De la Ferte, 1967.
ARCHAIC GREEK GEMS: SCHOOLS & ARTISTS IN THE 6TH & EARLY 5TH CENTURIES BC, John Boardman, 1968.
ARTISTS' JEWELLERY: PRE-RAPHAELITE TO ARTS & CRAFTS, Charlotte Gere & Geoffrey C. Munn, 1989.
ART NOUVEAU BELGIUM/FRANCE, Yvonne Brunhammer, 1976.
ART NOUVEAU DESIGNERS AT THE PARIS SALONS: JEWELLERY I A-K, Alastair Duncan, 1988.
ART NOUVEAU DESIGNERS AT THE PARIS SALONS: JEWELLERY II L-Z, Alastair Duncan, 1988.
ART NOUVEAU JEWELRY, Vivienne Becker, 1985.
ART NOUVEAU JEWELRY BY LALIQUE, Maria Teresa Gomes Ferreira,1985.
ART NOUVEAU JEWELLERY FROM PFORZHEIM, Fritz Falk, 2008.
ART NOUVEAU JEWELRY THE CONNOISSEUR’S GUIDE, David Lancaster, 1996.
ART TREASURES IN
ARTS & CRAFTS: METALWORK & SILVER, Joanna Wissinger, 1994.
ARTISTIC LUXURY; FABERGE, TIFFANY, LALIQUE, Stephen Harrison, Emmanuel Ducamp & jeannine Falino, 2008.
ASPREY 1781-1981, Bevis Hillier, 1981.
BEDAZZLED: 5000 YEARS OF JEWELRY - The Walters Art Museum, Sabine Albersmeier, 2006.
BEJEWELED: GREAT DESIGNERS, CELEBRITY STYLE, Penny Proddow & Marion Fasel, 2001.
BODY JEWELLERY, Donald Willcox, 1973.
BOUCHERON: LE JOAILLIER DU TEMPS, Giles Neret, 1992.
BRILLIANCE! MASTERPIECES FROM THE AMERICAN JEWELRY DESIGN COUNCIL, Cindy Edelstein & Frank Stankus, 2008.
BRUNO MARTINAZZI; L'ORO E LA PIETRA, Zilioli, Ellen Maurer, Karl Bollman & Bruno Mart, 2007.
BUCCELLATI -TIMELESS ART, Sylvia Luzzatto, 2008.
BULGARI, Amanda Triossi & Daniela Mascetti, 2007.
CAMEOS OLD & NEW, Anna M. Miller, 2002.
CARL FABERGE, D.Kenneth Snowman, 1983.
CARTIER 1900-39, Judy Rudoe, 1997.
CARTIER DESIGN VIEWED, Ettore Sottsass, 2002.
CARTIER, Hans Nadelhofer, 2007.
CARTIER THE LEGEND, Gilberte Gautier, 1983.
CHANEL FINE JEWELRY, Francois Baudot, 2000.
CHRISTIES TWENTIETH CENTURY JEWELRY, David Lancaster & Sally Everitt, 2002.
CONTEMPORARY JEWELLERY & SILVER DESIGN, E.D.S. Bradford, 1950.
CONTINENTAL GOLD & SILVER, Gerald Taylor, 1967.
CROWN JEWELS, Prince Michael of
CROWN JEWELS OF
CUFF LINKS, Betrand Pizzin et al, 2002.
DESIGN IN JEWLERY, Peter Lyon, 1957.
DIOR JOAILLERIE, Dior, 2003.
DIZIONARIO DEL GIOIELLIO ITALIANO DEL XIX E XX SECOLO, Lia Lenti & Maria Cristina Bergesio, 2005.
EARRINGS - FROM ANTIQUITY TO PRESENT, Amanda Triossi & Daniela Mascetti, 1990.
EIN RHEINISCHER SILBERSCHATZ - SCHMUCK & GERAT AUS PRIVATBESITZ, Museen der Stadt Koln, 1980.
EL DORADO COLOMBIAN GOLD, Clemencia Plazas de Nieto & ana-Maria Falchetti de Saenz, 1978.
ENGRAVED GEMS: SURVIVALS & REVIVALS, Clifford Malcolm Brown, 1997.
ENAMELLING ON METAL, Oppi Untracht, 1971.
ETHNIC JEWELLERY, John Mack, 1988.
EUROPEAN DESIGNER JEWELRY, Ginger Moro, 1995.
EXTRAORDINARY JEWELS, John Traina, 1994.
FABERGE, Alexander Von Solodkoff, 1988.
FABERGE IN AMERICA, Geza von Habsburg, 1996.
FABERGE AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES - The India Early Minshall Collection of The Cleveland Museum of Art, Henry Hawley, 1967.
FABERGE - THE FORBES MAGAZINE COLLECTION, Hermione Waterfield, c.1973
FABERGE: IMPERIAL EGGS AND OTHER FANTASIES, Hermione Waterfield & Christopher Forbes, 1980.
FABERGE: IMPERIAL JEWELLER, Geza Von Hapsburg , 1994.
FABERGE 1846-1920, Kenneth Snowman, 1977.
FAIRFAX & ROBERTS, JEWELLERS ESTABLISHED 1858, 2002.
FALIZE: A DYNASTY OF JEWELLERS, Katherine Purcell, 1999.
FAMOUS JEWELRY COLLECTORS, Stefano Papi & Alexandra Rhodes, 1999.
FIVE CENTURIES OF JEWELRY: 16TH to 20TH CENTURY, Jan Lanillier and Marie-Anne Pini, 1983.FIVE CENTURIES OF JEWELRY IN THE WEST, Jean Lanllier & Marie-Anne Pini, 1989.
FORM & FUNCTION: AMERICAN MODERNIST JEWELRY, 1940-1970, Marbeth Schon, 2008.
GEMS & JEWELRY TODAY, Marcus Baerwald and Tom Mahoney, 1949.
GENERATIONS OF JEWELRY, Gerhardt Egger, 1984.
GEORG JENSEN JEWELRY, David A. Taylor, 2005.
GIOIELLI: MODA, MAGIA, SENTIMENTO, Maria Teresa Balboni Brizza, 1986.
GIOIELLERIA EUROPEA 1850-1920 COLLEZIONE SCHMUCKMUSEUM, Fritz Falk, 1994.
GOLD & SILVERSMITHS, Hugh Honour, 1971.
GREEK GEMS & FINGER RINGS, Boardman, 1970.
GREEK GOLD - JEWELRY OF THE CLASSICAL WORLD, Dyfri Williams & Jack Ogden, 1994.
GREEK GOLD - JEWELRY FROM THE AGE OF ALEXANDER, Herbert Hoffmann & Patricia F. Davidson, 1965.
HANDWROUGHT JEWELRY, Lois E. Franke, 1962.
HARDY BROS LTD - BY APPOINTMENT, Gail Franzmann, 1980.
HENRY DUNAY - A PRECIOUS LIFE, Penny Proddow & Marion Fasel, 2007.
HISTORIC RINGS, Diana Scarisbrick, 2004.
HOLLYWOOD JEWELS, Penny Proddow Debra Healy & Marion Fasel, 1992.
I GIOIELLI DEGLI ANNI '20-40 CARTIER E I GRANDI DEL DECO, 1986.
IMPERISHABLE BEAUTY: ART NOUVEAU JEWELRY, Yvonne J. Markowitz, Elyse Zorn Karlin & Susan Ward.
INDIAN JEWELRY - DANCE OF THE PEACOCK, Usha R Bala Krishnan & Meera Sushil Kumar, 1999.
IRISH GOLD: 4000 YEARS OF PERSONAL ORNAMENTS, Michael Ryan & Mary Cahill, 1988.
ITALIAN JEWELED ARTS, Fillipo Rosso, 1954.
JEWELED GARDEN, Tennenbaum & Zapata, 2006.
JEWELED BUGS & BUTTERFLIES, Marilyn Nissenson & Susan Jonas, 2000.
JEWELLERY: AN HISTORICAL SURVEY OF BRITISH STYLES AND JEWELS, Nancy Armstrong, 1973.
JEWELLERY FROM THE RENAISSANCE TO ART NOUVEAU, Claude Fregnac, 1965.
JEWELLERY IN ANCIENT TIMES, Renate Rosenthal, 1973.
JEWELLERY MAKERS, MOTIFS, HISTORY, TECHNIQUES, Diana Scarisbrick et al, 1989.
JEWELLERY OF THE ANCIENT WORLD, Jack Ogden, 1982.
JEWELLERY SOURCE BOOK, Diana Scarisbrick, 1998.
JEWELLERY THROUGH THE AGES, Guido Gregorietti, 1969.
JEWELRY & GEMSTONES: AN INVESTOR”S CONNOISSEURS GUIDE, Claude Mazloum, 1991.
JEWELRY OF OUR TIME: ART, ORNAMENT & OBSSESION, Helen W. Drutt & Peter Dormer, 1995.
JEWELRY ANCIENT TO MODERN, Anne Garside, 1979.
JEWELERY CONCEPTS & TECHNOLOGY, Oppi Untracht, 1996.
JEWELRY HISTORY & TECHNIQUE FROM THE EGYPTIANS TO THE PRESENT, Guido Gregorietti, 1978.
JEWELRY MAKING: AN ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO TECHNIQUE, Dominic Dipasquale, 1975.
JEWELRY 7000 YEARS, Hugh Tait (ed), 1991.
JEWELRY FROM ANTIQUITY TO PRESENT, Clare Phillips, 1996.
JEWELS, Sue Heady, 1999.
JEWELS & JEWELRY, Clare Phillips, 2000.
JEWELS OF FANTASY - COSTUME JEWELRY OF THE 20TH CENTURY, Deanna Faneti Cera (ed), 1992.
JEWELS OF THE PHARAOHS, Cyril Aldred, 1971.
JOIES MASRIERA 200 ANYS D'HISTORIA, Pilar Velez, 1999.
JOYAS - DICCIONARIOS ANTIQUARIA, Luis Montanes & Javier Barrera, 1987.
LA DYNASTIE WOLFERS – DE L'ART NOUVEAU A L'ART DECO, Werner Adriaenssens & Raf Steela, 2006.
LALIQUE, Jesse McDonald, 1995.
LE ARTI DECORATIVE ALLE GRANDI ESPOZIZIONI UNIVERSALI 1851-1900, Daniel Alcouffe, Marc Bascou, Anne Dion-Tenenbaum & Philippe Thiebaut, 1988.
LES MUST DE CARTIER, Anne-Marie Clais, 2002.LOUIS C. TIFFANY - THE GARDEN MUSEUM COLLECTION, Alastair Duncan, 2004.
MADE BY CARTIER – 150 YEARS OF TRADITION & INNOVATION, Franco Cologni & Ettore Mocchetti, 1992.
MAGNIFICENT TIFFANY SILVER, John Loring, 2001.
MARCHAK, Marguerite De Cerval, 2006.
MASTERPIECES OF AMERICAN JEWELRY, Judith Price, 2004.
MASTERPIECES OF ENGLISH & EUROPEAN SILVER & GOLD: THE PROPERTY OF A EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTOR, J.B.Hawkins, 1979.
MASTERPIECES OF FRENCH JEWELRY, Judith Price, 2006.
MASTERPIECES OF THE J. PAUL GETTY MUSEUM ANTIQUITIES, Elana Towne-Markus, 1997.
MAUBOUSSIN: JOAILLIER DE L'EMOTION 1827-2007, Marguerite de Cerval, 2007.
MEDIEVAL JEWELLERY IN EUROPE 1100-1500, Marian Campbell, 2009.
METROPOLITAN JEWELRY, Sophie McConnell & Alvin Grossman, 1991.
MODERNIST JEWELRY 1930-1960: THE WEARABLE ART MOVEMENT, Marbeth Schon, 2004.
MODERN JEWELRY, Graham Hughes, 1968.
MUNCHNER SCHMUCK 1900-1940, Graham Dry, 1990.
NEW DESIGN IN JEWELRY, Donald J. Wilcox, 1970.
NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN JEWELRY & ADORNMENT: FROM PREHISTORY TO THE PRESENT, Lois Sherr Dubin, 2003.
OPAL BEARS AND LAPIS SKIES, Jesse Monongya, 2002.
PAULDING FARNHAM TIFFANY"S LOST GENIUS, John Loring, 2000.
PETER CARL FABERGE GOLDSMITH & JEWELLER TO THE RUSSIAN COURT HIS LIFE & WORK, Henry Bainbridge, 1967.
PHAIDON GUIDE TO SILVER, Margaret Holland, 1978.
PIAGET WATCHES & WONDERS SINCE 1874, Franco Cologni, Giampiero Negretti & Franco Nencini, 1994.
PRECIOUS GEMS - JEWELLERY FROM EIGHT CENTURIES, National Musem Stockholm, 2000.
PRESTIGIOUS JEWELRY, Caroline Childers, 1997.
QUIET RIPPLES: THE CREATIVE JOURNEY OF YOSHIKO YAMAMOTO, Yvonne Markowitz, 2009.
QUEENS' JEWELS, Vincent Meylan, 2002.
RENE LALIQUE AT THE CALOUSTE GULBENKIAN MUSEUM, Maria Fernanda Passos Leite, 2008.
RENE LALIQUE: EXCEPTIONAL JEWELRY, 1890-1912, Yvonne Brunhammer, 2007.
REPOUSSAGE: THE EMBOSSING OF METAL, Yves Meriel-Bussy, 1971.
RINGS FOR THE FINGER, George Frederick Kunz, 1917; 1973.
ROYAL JEWELS; FROM CHARLEMAGNE TO THE ROMANOVS, Diana Scarisbrick, Christophe Vachaudez & Jan Walgrave, 2008.
ROYALTY AND THEIR JEWELS, Jack Laverick, 1993.
ROYAL TREASURES, Erich Steingraber, 1968.
RUSSIAN SILVER: MID 19TH CENTURY – BEGINNING OF THE 20TH CENTURY, Andrei Gilodo, 1993.
SEAMAN SCHEPPS - A CENTURY IN JEWELRY DESIGN, Amanda Vaill & Janet Zapata, 2004.
SCHMUCK DER MODERNE - MODERN JEWELLERY 1960-1998, Fritz Falk, 1999.
SCHMUCK KUNST IM JUGENDSTIL - ART NOUVEAU JEWELLERY, Fritz Falk, 1999.
SCHMUCKMUSEUM
SILVER, Lucinda Fletcher, 1975.
SILVER, Gerald Taylor, 1965.
SILVER: AN ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO COLLECTING, Margaret Holland, 1973.
THE ART OF ASPREY, Asprey, 1975.
THE ART OF CARL FABERGE, A. Kenneth Snowman, 3rd Ed., 1962.
THE ART OF FABERGE, John Booth, 2005.
THE ART OF JEWELRY: A SURVEY OF CRAFT AND CREATION, Graham Hughes, 1972.
THE ART OF JEWELRY: AND ARTIST'S JEWELS IN THE 20TH CENTURY, Museo degli Argenti - Firenze, 2001.
THE ART OF TIFFANY, Vivienne Couldrey, 2005.
THE BEAUTY OF JEWELRY, Joan Frank, 1979.
THE CREATIVE JOURNEY OF YOSHIKO YAMAMOTO, Yvonne J. Markowitz, 2009.
THE DESIGN & CREATION OF JEWELRY, Robert von Neumann, 10th Ed. 1972.
THE DESIGNS OF ARCHIBALD KNOX FOR LIBERTY & CO., A.J. Tilbrook, 1995.
THE GLITTER & THE GOLD FASHIONING AMERICA’S JEWELRY, Ulysees Grant Dietz, 1997.
THE GOLD OF
THE GREAT BOOK OF JEWELS, Ernst A. & Jean Heiniger, 1974.
THE JEWELED MENAGERIE, Tennenbaum & Zapata, 2001.
THE JEWELRY & ENAMELS OF LOUIS COMFORT TIFFANY, Janet Zapata, 1993.
THE JEWELS OF JEAN SCHLUMBERGER, Harry N Abrams (ed), 1995.
THE LOUVRE: NEAR EASTERN ANTIQUITIES, Annie Caubet & Marthe Bernus-Taylor, 1991.
THE NECKLACE: FROM ANTIQUITY TO THE PRESENT, Amanda Triossi & Daniala Mascetti, 1997.
THE NEW JEWELRY: TRENDS TRADITIONS & TECHNIQUES, Peter Dormer, 1995.
THE MASTER JEWELERS, D.Kenneth Snowman, 1990.
THE PLEASURE OF JEWELRY & GEMSTONES, Joseph Sataloff & Alison Richards, 1975.
THE POWER OF JEWELRY, Nancy Schiffer, 1988.
THE QUEEN'S JEWELS - THE PERSONAL COLLECTION OF ELIZABETH II, Leslie Field, 1987.
THE WORLD ATLAS OF TREASURE, Derek Wilson, 1981.
THE WORLD'S GREAT CLOCKS & WATCHES, Cedric Jagger, 1977.
THE WORLD'S GREATEST TRAESURES: MASTERWORKS IN GOLD & GEMS FROM ANCIENT
THEODOR FAHRNER SCHMUCK ZWISCHEN AVANTGARDE & TRADITION, 1990.
TIFFANY COLOURED GEMSTONES, John Loring, 2007.
TIFFANY JEWELS, John Loring, 1999.
TIFFANY STYLE:170 YEARS OF DESIGN, John Loring, 2008.
TIFFANY'S 20TH CENTURY: A PORTRAIT OF AMERICAN STYLE, John Loring, 1997.
TOWARD AN ART HISTORY OF MEDIEVAL RINGS: A PRIVATE COLLECTION, Sandra Hindman, 2007.
TREASURY OF THE WORLD: JEWELLED ARTS OF INDIA IN THE AGE OF THE MUGHALS, Manuel Keene & Salam Kaoukji, 2001.
TUDOR & JACOBEAN JEWELLERY, Diana Scarisbrick, 1995.
TWENTIETH CENTURY JEWELLERY, Barbara Cartlidge, 1985.
TWENTIETH CENTURY JEWELLERY, Clare Haworth-Maden, 1999.
TWENTIETH CENTURY JEWELRY, Caroline Pulée, 1990.
TWENTY FIVE YEARS OF STUART DEVLIN IN LONDON, The Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths, 1983.
UNDERSTANDING JEWELRY, David Bennett & Daniela Mascetti, 1989.
VAN CLEEF ARPELS, Anne-Marie Clais, 2001.
VAN CLEEF ARPELS, Sylvie Raulet, 1987.
VAN CLEEF ARPELS: THE SPIRIT OF BEAUTY, 2009.
VERDURA: THE LIFE & WORK OF A MASTER JEWELER, Patricia Corbett, 2002.
VERNEY JOAILLIERS MARIAGES DE DIAMANTS, 1995.VICTORIAN JEWELLERY, Ernie Bradford, 1959.
VICTORIAN JEWELRY, Reddington Dawes & Corine Davidov, 1991.
WIENER WERKSTATTE JEWELRY, Hatje Cantz, 2008.
YARD: THE LIFE & MAGNIFICENT JEWELRY OF RAYMOND C. YARD, Natasha Kuzmanovic, 2007.
Gemstones Bibliography

A BOOK OF JEWELS, J & A Bauer, 1966.
A KEY TO PRECIOUS STONES, L.J. SPENCER, 1937.
A TEXT BOOK OF PRECIOUS STONES, Frank B. Wade, 1918.
ANCIENT AUSTRALIA, Charles F. Laseron, 1954.
ART AND GEMS
AUSTRALIAN GEMHUNTERS GUIDE, K.J. Buchester, 1971.
AUSTRALIAN GEMSTONES, Bawden, Sharman N.,1972.
AUSTRALIAN GEMSTONES IN COLOUR, Ron & Nance Perry, 1967.
AUSTRALIAN NATURAL HISTORY, The Australian Museum, 1963.
AUSTRALIAN ROCKS AND MINERALS, Sharman. N. Bawden.
AUSTRALIA'S HIDDEN TREASURES, Toghill, Jeff, 1988.
BRAZIL PARADISE OF GEMSTONES, Jules Roger Sauer, 1982.
COLLECTING AUSTRALIAN GEMSTONES, Bill James, 1967.
COLLECTING ROCKS, MINERALS, GEMS AND FOSSILS, Russell P MacFall, 1964.
COLOUR UNDER GROUND, THE MINERAL PICTURE BOOK, Lee Botlin & John S White, 1971.
DICTIONARY OF GEOLOGY, PENGUIN, DGA Whitten & JRV Brooks
ENGRAVED GEMS - The Ionides Collection, John Boardman, 1968.
FOSSICKING FOR QUEENSLAND AGATE, Sir Paul Howard, 2005.
FROM THE WORLD OF GEMSTONES, Prof.Dr. Hermann Bank, 1973.
GEM HUNTING ATLAS OF AUSTRALIA, Paul Hamlyn, 1973.
GEM TESTING, B W Anderson, 1990.
GEMS, Webster & Anderson, 4thEd.
GEMS, Mab Wilson, 1967.
GEMS AND JEWELS - A CONNOISSEUR'S GUIDE, Benjamin Zucker, 1984.
GEMS AND JEWELS - UNCUT STONES AND OBJETS D'ART, hENRI-jEAN sCHNUBEL, 1971.
GEMS IN THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, Paul E. Desautels, 1965.
GEMSTONES, Herbert Smith. G. F.
GEMSTONES, Woodward. D.C. and Harding. R
GEMSTONE BUYING GUIDE, Renee Newman, 2005.
GEMSTONES, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NSW, McNevin & Holmes, 1977.
GEMSTONES IN AUSTRALIA, Ron & Nance Perry, 1979.
GEMSTONES OF THE SOUTHERN CONTINENTS, Lin Sutherland, 1991.
GEMSTONES OF THE UNITED STATES, D. Schlegel, 1975.
GEMSTONES OF THE WORLD, Walter Schumann, 1976.
GEMSTONES - THE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM, Oldeshaw, Woodward & Harding, 2001.
GEO AUSTRALIA, Article on Opal fossils by E. Smith, June/July. Vol21. No2. 1999.
GETTING AQUAINTED WITH MINERALS, George Letchworth English, 1934.
GOLD, Gunter Breitling et.al, 1981.
GOLD DUST AND ASHES, Ion L.Idriess, 4TH ED. 1933.
GUIDE TO AUSTRALIAN GEMSTONES, Douglas M Stone, 1976.
HANDBOOK AND DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF THE COLLECTIONS OF GEMS AND PRECIOUS STONES IN THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM
HANDBOOK OF GEMSTONE IDENTIFICATION, Richard T. Liddicoat, Jr., 1990
HANDBOOK OF PRECIOUS STONES, M.D. Rothschild,1893.
HOW TO FIND AUSTRALIAN GEMSTONES
JADE, J.P.Palmer
JADE, Roger Kevernne (ed), 1991.
JEWELS: A SECRET HISTORY, Victoria Finlay, 2006.
MASTER GEMSTONES, Martha Le Van (ed), 2006.
NATURE FACTS ROCKS & MINERALS, Len Cacutt
NOBLE METALS, Planet Earth Time-Life Series, Jeffrey St. John, 1984
PRECIOUS STONES, volume 1., Max Bauer, 1969.
QUEENSLAND MINING GUIDE, Department of Mines - James Stopford, 1932.
ROCKS, SHELLS, FOSSILS, MINERALS & GEMS, Harriet Stewart-Jones (ed), 1995.
THE ALLISON COLLECTION OF RARE JEWELS AND GEMSTONES
THE CRYSTAL BIBLE - A DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO CRYSTALS, Judy Hall, 2003.
THE CURIOUS LORE OF PRECIOUS GEMSTONES, G.F.Kunz, 1913;1971.
THE ENGRAVED GEMS OF CLASSICAL TIMES, John Henry Middleton. 1891.
THE FUNDAMENTALS OF GEMSTONE CARVING, Gordon S. Kennedy, 1967.
THE GEM KINGDOM, Paul E. Sautels,
THE GEM MERCHANT, David Stanley Epstein, 1994.
THE NATIONAL GEM COLLECTION - SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE, Jeffrey E.Post, 1997.
THE POWER OF GEMSTONES, Raymond J.L.Walters, 1996.
THE WORLD OF JEWEL STONES, Michael Weinstein, 1958.
TO THE DIGGINGS, Geoff Hocking, 2000.
TREASURE FROM THE EARTH, Don McLean, 1963.
WITHIN THE STONE, Bill Atkinson, 2004.
Australiana
ABSALOM'S OUTBACK PAINTINGS, Jack Absalom & jocelyn burt, 1987.
AUSTRALIA & AUSTRALIANS, R.M.Younger, 1982.
AUSTRALIAN PUB CRAWL, Douglas Baglin & Yvonne Austin, 1977.
ARTS OF THE DREAMING: AUSTRALIA'S LIVING HERITAGE, Jennifer Isaacs, 1984.
BANJO PATTERSON'S PEOPLE, Dorothy Gauvin, 1996.
BANJO PATTERSONS AUSTRALIANS, Dorothy Gauvin, 1997.
CHRISTINA THE TRUE STORY OF WALTZING MATILDA, Peter Sheila Forrest, 2008.
DREAMTIME HERITAGE, Roberts & Roberts, 1975.
DREAMTIME: THE ABORIGINAL HERITAGE, Melva Jean Roberts & Ainslie Roberts 1981(6th Ed.)
FRONTIER COUNTRY: AUSTRALIA'S OUTBACK HERITAGE Vol I & II, Weldon Russel, 1989.
HAPPY DISPATCHES, Banjo Paterson, 1981(2ndEd.)
KEEPERS OF THE SECRETS: ABORIGINAL ART FROM ARNHEM LAND, Michael a. O'Ferral, 1991.
PRO HART'S WALTZING MATILDA, Graham Jenkin, 1980.
ROUGH AS GUTS, Douglas Baglin & Barbara Mullins, 1973.
VISION SPLENDID: A HISTORY OF THE WINTON DISTRICT OF WESTERN QUEENSLAND, Peter & Sheila Forest, 2005.
THE ABORIGINAL CHILDRENS HISTORY OF AUSTRALIA, Aboriginal Arts Board Australia Council,1977.
THE DREAMTIME: AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL MYTHS, Charles P. Mountford & Ainslie Roberts 1974 (11th Ed.)
THE FATAL SHORE, Robert Hughes, 1986.
THE OPAL THAT TURNED INTO FIRE, Janet Mathews, 1994.
THE SUNBURNT COUNTRY, Bevan, Ian (Ed.), 1953.
TRIBES AND BOUNDARIES IN AUSTRALIA, Nicolas Peterson, 1976.

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