Announcing…
Opal & Gemstone Jewelry
Cutting * Designing * Setting
By Paul B. Downing, Ph.D.
COMING SOON! Special Pre-Publication Offer - $29.95 with Free Shipping until September 15.
320 pages – soft cover – 306 color, B&W photos plus diagrams
ORDER TODAY Title projected to be available October 1st.
For both the beginning cutter and advanced lapidarist, this book takes you Step-by-Step through cutting agate, tigereye, chrysoprase, lapis, and, of course, OPAL. Both calibrated and free sizes are demonstrated via up-close photographs and diagrams. But, it doesn’t stop there…
Next you will follow along as Paul shows you how to utilize the lost wax technique to design settings for those stones you just watched being cut. Each example stone is completed from its rough stage through a finished piece of jewelry ready to wear. Both commercial settings as well as unique designs are covered.
The result of all this detailed one-step-at-a-time instruction is a book that will outline every step you need to know to take a piece of rough gemstone through cutting and design into a finished piece of jewelry.
Indeed, this book contains everything you need to know, all presented in Dr. Downing’s uniquely clear, detailed and easily understood writing style that has brought him many honors, including several AGTA Cutting Edge Awards and his election into the Rockhound and Laipdary Hall of Fame.
ORDER TODAY 800-468-0324 or Email:majesticpress@aol.com
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Back By Popular Demand Opal Identification & Value Industry Standard Is Back! After 10 years, Dr. Paul B. Downing has completely updated and revised his world-renown Opal Identification and Value. New chapters and sections have been added to help the reader buy opal and opal jewelry. Estimating value has been simplified and updated to current market conditions. Click here for more information about Opal Identification & Value. The Uthgar Journals: Rebel Beginnings
Majestic Press is proud to offer it's newest endeavor. A Biblically-founded Science Fiction Epic Adventure for Young Adults. Teenagers and young adults today are faced with many obstacles and temptations. Sometimes Christiantiy takes a back seat. There is no better way to reinforce a young person's faith than through entertaining fiction based on Christian beliefs. In his premiere book, J. K. Ragland takes his young readers on a rousing adventure demonstrating how faith can alter the world...indeed the whole galaxy.
Fish on!
Paul B. Downing, the angler, has returned to one of his other early loves...fly fishing. Of course, being an educator he loves to shares his knowledge. In his latest book, Handbook of Western Fly Fishing , Paul shares his knowledge and experiences fly fishing western waters.
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The Newest Fishing Adventure Majestic Press has just completed publication on a new fishing book by Colbert E. Cushing, The Kelly Creek Chronicles. This book collects memories of 18 years of fishing in his favorite stream in Idaho, recounting excellent days of catching wild cutthroat trout; days shared with special friends and family, and rare encounters with wildlife. Colbert E. Cushing is a retired stream ecologist; he writes in an easy, conversational style without trying to impress the reader with scientific jargon and Latin names of insects. He recently co-authored the book Streams: Their Ecology and Life, a book explaining stream ecology and biota for the general reader, particularly anglers, naturalists, and conservationists. Rocky Mountain Region Editor
for Fly Fish America Paul has just been named the Rocky Mountain Region Editor for Fly Fish America, the magazine given out free at nationwide fly shops. Look for his reports monthly for Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Nevada and Wyoming.
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