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Diamond
Diamonds
Balfour, Ian. Famous Diamonds. 4th ed. Manson & Woods, 2001. Traces the history and legends of the world's most celebrated diamonds.
Cuellar, Fred. How to Buy a Diamond: Insider Secrets for Getting Your Money's Worth. Vantage, 1998. A useful book for people who wish to buy diamonds as an investment.
Harlow, George E., ed., and the American Museum of Natural History. The Nature of Diamonds. Cambridge University Press, 1997. A comprehensive history of the diamond, with more than 200 photos, most of them in color.
Hart, Matthew. Diamond: A Journey to the Heart of an Obsession. Walker, 2001. A look at our fascination with this gem and the industry that has grown up around it.
Kanfer, Stefan. The Last Empire: De Beers, Diamonds, and the World. Farrar Strauss & Giroux, 1995. A history of the 19th-century diamond rush that converted Johannes De Beer's humble South African homestead into an empire.
Krajick, Kevin. Barren Lands: An Epic Search for Diamonds in the North American Arctic. W.H. Freeman, 2001. The story of two diamond hunters who struck it rich in a region of Canada's Northwest Territories.
Voillot, Patrick. Diamonds and Precious Stones. Abrams, 1998. An introduction for general readers.

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