2021 – Agate and Chalcedony 2013 – Eleventh
Ruby (rev. ed. 2014)
Lisbet Thoresen, Editor
Photographs by Mia Dixon, Richard W. Hughes, Wimon Manoratkul, Jeffrey A. Scovil, Jason Stephenson, Harold & Erica Van Pelt, Orassa Weldon and Robert Weldon
Specifications: 8.25" x 10.75", digital press, full color, soft cover, perfect binding. 127 pp., color photographs, maps and illustrations.
Publication Date: April 6, 2014
- Acknowledgments 3
- Speaker and Author Biographies 4
- Program Abstracts 9
Papers - Dr. James E. Shigley
Ruby geology and localities 12 - Shane McClure
Ruby Treatments 18 - W.G. Fitz - Gerald
City built on rubies 24 - Richard Hughes
Pigeon's blood: A pilgrimage to Mogok 32
- Valley of rubies - Elise A. Skalwold
Dr. Allen M. Bassett and the Ruby Mines of Nepal: 42
A historical overview - Gary W. Bowersox
The rubies of Afghanistan and Tajikistan: An update 49 - Dr. James E. Shigley
Selected bibliography: Ruby 66 - Richard Hughes
A collector's guide to the literature on rubies and sapphires 72 - Lisbet Thoresen
Gamini Ratnavira and Eberhard Equit:
Extending the legacy of the art and science of mineral illustration 104 - Robert Weldon
The Conundrum, a poem 111
Rubies from the Collection of William F. Larson 112
