Gemstone Kingdom: Precious Gemstones, Semi-Precious Gemstones, Precious Metals (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798185928233)

Gemstone Kingdom is concerned with precious gemstones, semi-precious gemstones, and precious metals. This book is unique in that it systematically discusses around 50 gemstones, their classifications, their importance throughout history, their properties, and their uses. It also mentions the name of the gemstone, its characteristics, how it is formed, its price, its uses, and the main countries that produce it, alongside a photo of the gemstone in a raw and also a processed state. It then covers what believers in crystals say about the healing properties of the gemstone according to their literature and their books.

F.M. Khaleal is an accomplished geologist, who obtained his PhD in Geology at Al-Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt. With over 26 publications in his field, a brief overview of his qualifications can be found here:

• Geologist - Nuclear Materials Authority - Cairo 1999
• Master of Science in Geology - South Valley University in Qena 2001
• Assistant Lecturer in Geology - Nuclear Materials Authority - Cairo 2002
• PhD in Geology - Al-Azhar University - Cairo 2005
• Lecturer in Geology - Nuclear Materials Authority - Cairo 2005
• Assistant Professor of Geology - Nuclear Materials Authority - Cairo 2010
• Professor of Geology - Nuclear Materials Authority - Cairo 2016
• Head of the Department of Radioactive Granite Rocks at the Nuclear Materials Authority 2016 - 2022
• Vice President of Geological Research Sector, April 2024 - Present
• Member of the Beryl Project in the Wadi El-Gemal area in the Eastern Desert - from 1999 to 2002
• Member of the Uranium and Associated Elements Evaluation Project - Abu Rishid - Halayeb area - from 2002 until project leader in 2015
• Head of the Beril, Tourmaline, and Associated Minerals Evaluation and Extraction Project - Marsa Alam - Halayeb area 2019 - 2022
• Member of the Scientific Society of the Nuclear Materials Authority
• Member of the Egyptian Geological Society
• Member of the Canadian Geological Society
• Expert and Consultant in Mining and Ores (Certified)
• Expert in Precious and Semi-Precious Stones and Minerals (Certified)
• Member of the UNECE Expert Group on Resource Management at the United Nations
• Authored over 35 research papers locally and internationally
• Contributed to 12 internal reports (unpublished) at the Nuclear Materials Authority
• Attended over 20 local and international conferences, training courses, and workshops both in Egypt and abroad
• Supervised and evaluated numerous Master's and PhD theses
• Assigned to teach courses on Ore Geology, Economic Geology, Economic Minerals in Egypt, and Gemstones at the Faculty of Earth Sciences - Beni Suef University, and Faculties of Science at Tanta University and Port Said University
• Delivered numerous lectures, seminars, and workshops at various Egyptian universities (Mansoura University, Menoufia University, South Valley University, etc.)