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| #3205350 in Books | Scarecrow Press | 1997-12 | Original language:Arabic | PDF # 1 | 8.76 x.86 x5.70l,1.08 | File type: PDF | 320 pages | ||2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.| An Excellent Early Treatise on Gemstones|By David D. Friedman|al-Tifaschi's book gives an interesting and impressive picture of medieval Islamic gemology. Particularly interesting is the fact that stones were being identified by hardness and density rather than color, with the result that Islamic gemologists realized, as European did not, that ruby and sapphire were different c
Although Arab contribution to the sciences is generally well known in the Western world, Arab contributions to the study of gemology are less recognized because of the lack of English-language translations of notable Arab texts.
Scarecrow Press is pleased to present Samar Najm Abul Huda's translation of Ahmad ibn Yusuf al Tifaschi's study of gems. Born in 1184, Al Tifaschi first learned about gems from his father, and augmented his knowledge through readings o...
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