gsminmag Mineralogical Magazine Mineralogical Magazine 0026-461X Mineralogical Society 10.1180/minmag.1998.62.4.06 Book Reviews The Nature of Diamonds Howie R. A. 8 1998 62 4 578 579 Harlow G. E. The Nature of Diamonds 1997 Cambridge University Press Cambridge 0-521-62935-7 x+278 pp., Price £55.00 (hardback, ISBN 0-521-62083X); £19.95 (paperback,) Copyright © 1998, The Mineralogical Society 1998