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The World of Opals
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The World of Opals Hardcover - 1997 - 1st Edition

by Allan W. Eckert


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  • Title The World of Opals
  • Author Allan W. Eckert
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 464
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Wiley, New York
  • Date 1997-10
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780471133971 / 0471133973
  • Weight 1.98 lbs (0.90 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.58 x 7.86 x 1.07 in (24.33 x 19.96 x 2.72 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Opals
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 97001825
  • Dewey Decimal Code 553.873

About the author

ALLAN W. ECKERT, PhD, has been a professional writer for over thirty years, with more than thirty-seven books to his credit. He is the recipient of an Emmy Award for outstanding program achievement, and his short stories have earned him seven Pulitzer Prize nominations. A member of the American Society of Gemcutters, Dr. Eckert has mined opals in Virgin Valley, Nevada, as well as at the New Coocoran Opal Field of Lightning Ridge and the White Cliffs Opal Field, both in New South Wales, and at the Yowah Opal Field in southwestern Queensland. Over the past six years, he has cut and polished over 4,000 opals and faceted hundreds of other gemstones. His previous publications include the four-volume set Earth Treasures, a guide to rock dig locations in the United States.
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New York: John Wiley & Sons Inc, 1997. First Edition, Second Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, xiv, 448 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good condition dust jacket. Black spine with white and aqua - blue lettering. Dust jacket has mild wear along edges, mild shelving wear, and mild wear along spine head and tail. Boards have a bend on rear head corner and mild wear along spine head and tail. Textblock has photo pages between pages 178-179. Shelved ND-C. 1380129. FP New Rockville Stock.
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Wiley. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1997. Second Printing. Hardcover. 0471133973 . 160 X 31 X 243.79 millimeters; 464 pages .
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John Wiley Publishing, 1997. 1. Hardcover. Good. Good++; Hardcover, Missing Jacket; Light wear to the covers; Unblemished textblock edges; The endpapers and all text pages are clean and unmarked; The binding is excellent with a straight spine; This book will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Medium Format (8.5" - 9.75" tall); 1.9 lbs; Black cloth covers with title in silver lettering along the spine; 1997, John Wiley Publishing; 464 pages; "The World of Opals," by Allan W. Eckert.
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