Jewel__A_Celebration_of_Earth_s_Treasures

First published in Great Britain in 2016

by Dorling Kindersley Limited

80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL

Copyright © 2016 Dorling Kindersley Limited

A Penguin Random House Company

Foreword © 2016 Judith Miller

16 17 18 19 20 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

001–282973–Oct/

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced,

stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means,

electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without

prior permission of the copyright owner.

A CIP catalogue record for this book is

available from the British Library.

ISBN 978-0-2412-2603-

Printed and bound in China

A WORLD OF IDEAS:

SEE ALL THERE IS TO KNOW

http://www.dk.com

INTRODUCTION 10

Treasures of the Earth 12

What is a mineral? 14

Physical properties 16

Crystal systems and habits 18

What is a gem? 20

Visual properties 22

Where do gems come from? 24

Grading and evaluation 26

Gem cuts 28

The value of a gem 30

What is a jewel? 32

NATIVE ELEMENTS 34

Gold 36

Crown of Charlemagne 40

Silver 42

Platinum 44

Marie Antoinette’s diamond earrings 46

Copper 48

Artemision Bronze 50

Diamond 52

Koh-i-noor Diamond 58

Ancient Egypt 60

Hope Diamond 62

Senior Editor

Senior Art Editors

Project Editor

Designers

Photographer

Picture Research

DK Picture Library

Jacket Designer

Jacket Editor

Jacket Design Development

Producer

Pre-Production Producer

Managing Editor

Managing Art Editor

Art Director

Associate Publishing Director

Publishing Director

Anna Fischel

Jane Ewart, Gadi Farfour

Hugo Wilkinson

Helen Spencer, Stephen Bere, Katie

Cavanagh, Renata Latipova, Clare Joyce

Ruth Jenkinson

Sarah Smithies

Martin Copeland

Mark Cavanagh

Claire Gell

Sophia MTT

Mandy Innes

Andy Hilliard

Gareth Jones

Lee Griffiths

Karen Self

Liz Wheeler

Jonathan Metcalf

DK INDIA

Arunesh Talapatra

Chhaya Sajwan

Priyansha Tuli, Roshni Kapur,

Sudakshina Basu

Pankaj Sharma

Balwant Singh

Neeraj Bhatia

Jaypal Chauhan, Nityanand Kumar

Taiyaba Khatoon

Sakshi Saluja

Senior Managing Art Editor

Senior Art Editor

Art Editors

Production Manager

Pre-production Manager

Senior DTP Designer

DTP Designers

Picture Research Manager

Picture Researcher

Contents

DK LONDON

Foreword by Judith Miller 8

004-007_Imprint_Contents.indd 4 07/06/2016 16: