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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 553.80287
EAN: 9780943763347
Edition: 3
ISBN: 0943763347
Label: Gemstone Press
Manufacturer: Gemstone Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 330
Publication Date: 2003-05
Publisher: Gemstone Press
Studio: Gemstone Press
Alternate Versions:
- Gemstone Buying Guide, Second Edition: How to Evaluate, Identify, Select & Care for Colored Gems
- Gemstones (Smithsonian Handbooks)
- Gemstones of the World: Newly Revised & Expanded Third Edition
- The Jeweler's Directory of Gemstones: A Complete Guide to Appraising and Using Precious Stones From Cut and Color to Shape and Settings
- Colored Gemstones, 2nd Edition: The Antoinette Matlins Buying Guide: How to Select, Buy, Care for & Enjoy Sapphires, Emeralds, Rubies and Other Colored Gemstones
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- Books > Subjects > Home & Garden > Antiques & Collectibles > Jewelry
- Books > Subjects > Home & Garden > Antiques & Collectibles > General
- Books > Subjects > Home & Garden > Antiques & Collectibles > General AAS
- Books > Subjects > Home & Garden > Crafts & Hobbies > Jewelry
- Books > Subjects > Reference > Consumer Guides
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
New, revised, expanded edition of the first and only book of its kind. Covers the latest gems, synthetics, treatments, and instruments. Easy to use. Practical. Non-technical. Shows how to identify diamonds, coloured gemstones, and pearls, and separate them from fakes and look-alikes. Explains what instruments are needed, how to use them, where to get them, and what should be seen for each gemstone. No science background necessary. Faster than you can imagine, anyone can learn to identify most of the gems and imitations found in the marketplace. This practical volume is the key to avoiding costly mistakes and recognising profitable opportunities. Essential reading for collectors, investors, jewellery lovers, hobbyists, jewellers, antique dealers, and gemmology students. With this highly accessible guide, anyone can begin to master gem identification.
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- GemsThis was a good book, explained many aspects well. Sometimes a little hard to follow. Written for the experienced buyer.
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- great informationThis was just the book I was looking for. I just recently started to get into collecting colored gemstones and this book was full of great information on what tools I would need and how to use them. That was so important to me.
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- Essential Reference for Consumers, Hobbyists, Jewelers Interested in Gemstones."Gem Identification Made Easy" opens up the world of gem identification to the jeweler, hobbyist and the curious. I didn't come away with the impression that gem identification is easy, but that some kinds of identification are easy, inexpensive and FUN! Antoinette Matlins makes it clear that the bar to entry into gemology is low. Practice, diligence, and three small instruments that cost less than $200 will enable you to identify 80% of colored gemstones and their look-alikes as well as diamonds ... Read More
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- Valueable book for gem idLove it so much. A lot of information. This book will teach you how to setup a lab and making identificaiton of the gemstone without attending the gemology school - with very very reasonable price.
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- Needs More DetailThe book was good for a primer on gem tools and iidentification but lacked the detail I was seeking. It is an very good book for the beginner for it covers a lot of subjects about gem and the various tools used to identify them. I was seeking more exact detail and this book did not have it.
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