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The Book of the Pearl

Name: The Book of the Pearl
Author: George Frederick Kunz

by George Frederick Kunz, Charles Hugh Stevenson

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The Book of the Pearl The history, art, science, and industry of the queen of gems

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Project Gutenberg

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Produced by Richard Tonsing, Chris Curnow, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Release date

2020-09-26

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

Subjects

Pearls

About the authors

George Frederick Kunz

1856–1932

A leading American gem expert at the turn of the 20th century, he helped shape how rare gemstones were studied, collected, and admired. His work connected science, jewelry, and natural history in a way that still feels surprisingly modern.

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Charles Hugh Stevenson

1869–1943

Best known for practical, deeply researched writing about fisheries, food preservation, and the many uses of aquatic animals, this American author turned technical subjects into clear, useful books. His work offers a vivid look at the fishing industries of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

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