Summer 2008

Book Reviews

Henry Dunay: A Precious Life
By Penny Proddow and Marion Fasel, 223 pp., illus., publ. by Harry N. Abrams [www.hnabooks.com], New York, 2007. US$60.00
Reviewed by MELINDA ADDUCCI
Joseph DuMouchelle International Estate Buyers & Auctioneers
Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan

Russian Gemstones Encyclopedia
By Vladimir V. Bukanov, 472 pp, illus., publ. by Granit Publishing, Prague, 2006. €79
Reviewed by MICHAEL EVANS
Gemological Institute of America
Carlsbad, California

Volodarsk-Volynski: Mineralogy of the Volynian Chamber Pegmatites, Ukraine
By Vladimir Ivanovich Pavlishin and Stanislav Alekseevich Dovgyi, Mineralogical Almanac, Vol. 12, 125 pp., illus., publ. by Mineralogical Almanac [http://webcenter.ru/~minbooks], Littleton, CO, 2007. US$45.00
Reviewed by PETER LYCKBERG
Luxembourg

OTHER BOOKS RECEIVED
Laboratory Grown Diamonds, 2nd Ed.
By Branko Deljanin and Dusan Simic, 86 pp., illus., publ. by Gemology Headquarters International [www.ghilab.com], Mumbai, 2007, $20.00.
Reviewed by Thomas W. Overton
Gemological Institute of America
Carlsbad, California

Diamond Ring Buying Guide, 7th Ed.
By Renee Newman, 156 pp., illus., publ. by International Jewelry Publications [www.reneenewman.com], Los Angeles, 2007, $18.95.
Reviewed by Thomas W. Overton

Tables of Gemstone Identification
By Roger Dedeyne and Ivo Quintens, 309 pp., illus., publ. by Glirico [www.gemmologie.be/GEMMOEN/BooksEN.htm], Ghent, Belgium, 2007, €89.
Reviewed by Thomas W. Overton

Verdura: The Life and Work of a Master Jeweler
By Patricia Corbett, 224 pp., illus., publ. by Thames & Hudson [thamesandhudsonusa.com], New York, 2008, $34.95.
Reviewed by Thomas W. Overton