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Jade (Fred Ward Gem Book)
List Price: $19.95
Our Price: $19.55
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Manufacturer: Gem Guides Book Company
Author: Fred Ward
Binding: Paperback
Publication Date: 2001-10
Publisher: Gem Guides Book Company
Label: Gem Guides Book Company
Number Of Pages: 64
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Editorial Review:
This extensive new revision updates all the world's jade sources with 65 new color photographs as well as revised text on every page. The lavishly illustrated all-color book is part of the Fred Ward Gem Book Series. Chapters include: History & Lore; China and the Stone of Heaven; the Olmec, Maya, and Aztec; the Maori in New Zealand; Jade Today; and Buying & Caring for Jade. This book provides the ideal introduction to one of the world's oldest and most famous materials. Follow author Fred Ward around the world in search for the best, most significant, and beautiful examples of jadeite and nephrite, the two rocks known as jade.
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Customer Reviews
Average Customer Rating: 
Stone of Heaven 2008-07-20
Jade (Fred Ward Gem Book)The pictures in this book are magnificent and show jade--and jade carving at its best! In fact, it is difficult to take your eyes off the pictures long enough to read the text. Readable, not pedantic--the book definitely shows the carvers skill and how the jade speaks to them about what to carve. This book truly shows the one stone that responds to a person's "chi." If you don't believe me, get the book--then buy some really good--not dyed or infused--jade and wear it next to your skin. See . . . I told you.
A good read  2006-11-10
So far it is a good read,for I have not finished it as of yet
Informative and nice pictures 2001-11-26
There are not too many books on Jade, so I'm glad I found this one. It was pretty informative and had very nice photographs illustrating the author's points. It's worth it if you're in the jewelry business and want to know more about jade, and it's good for any jade collector. I found the information to be accurate.
Buy this book!!! 1999-10-05
Like all of the Fred Ward Gem Books Series, this is an instant classic. It features National Geographic quality photos, no surprise since Ward has photographed/authored a number of articles for that magazine. My favorite section deals with the jade from Meso-America, used by the Olmec, Mayan and Aztec civilizations. But it also contains much on Burmese and Chinese jade. This is simply an outstanding book. Buy it.
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