Gem Identification Made Easy 6th Edition
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Author | : Antoinette Matlins |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2016 |
Genre | : Precious stones |
ISBN | : 9780997014556 |
Gem Identification Made Easy is the first and only book that explains in non-technical terms how to identify diamonds and colored gems, and how to separate natural gems from imitations, treated stones, synthetics, and look-alikes. The book's approach is direct and practical, and its style easy to understand. In fact, with this highly accessible guide, anyone can begin to master gem identification. Includes over 150 photographs and illustrationsover 80 in full color! Using a simple, step-by-step system, the authors explain how to properly use essential but uncomplicated instruments to identify stones, what to look for gemstone by gemstone, and how to set up a basic lab at modest cost. Three of the instruments are inexpensive, portable, pocket instruments that, when used together, can identify almost 85% of all precious and popular stones. The key to avoiding costly mistakes and recognizing profitable opportunities is knowing both what to look for and what to look out for. Gem Identification Made Easy will help you: Open your eyes to the types of treatments, imitations, synthetics, look-alikes, and fakes in the gem market today. Learn how to tell the difference between them. Quickly spot: Synthetics, including synthetic emeralds and diamonds Filled diamonds Diffused "blue" sapphires and "red" rubies HPHT-treated diamonds ... and much more! Determine how to spot the newest "composite" imitations. Learn how to identify recently discovered gems such as "Mandarin" garnet, red "emerald," and North Carolina's chromium-rich emeralds. Discover new treatments such as surface coatings to create "fancy color" diamonds and improve or change the color of many gemstones. Know when to seek help from a professional gemologist or lab. Become more professional in your business or hobby.
Author | : Richard Thomas Liddicoat |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 486 |
Release | : 1975 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Antoinette Matlins |
Publisher | : Turner Publishing Company |
Total Pages | : 467 |
Release | : 2013-03-19 |
Genre | : Antiques & Collectibles |
ISBN | : 0943763932 |
This colorful book offers you a window into the world of Mahatma Gandhi, one of the most amazing people of the twentieth century. You will learn about Gandhi’s life—from his time as a student in London to his work for equality in South Africa and India—and his methods of peaceful, but not passive, resistance to injustice.
Author | : Renée Newman |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Precious stones |
ISBN | : 9780929975344 |
Gives pointers on how to buy gemstones, with advice on price comparison, quality evaluation, fake stones, gem treatments, and gem cleaning and care.
Author | : Cornelius S. Hurlbut |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 304 |
Release | : 1979 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : |
A concise, systematic, yet comprehensive ``textbook'' treatment of the science. Examines origin, chemistry, crystallography, physical properties, and optical properties of gemstones, and discusses methods and instruments used to determine these properties. Highlights recent advances and important contributions; explores new methods of study and determination, crystal structures, causes of color, new gem minerals, new methods of gem synthesis, manufactured gems, chemical compounds used as substitutes, and imitations and simulations. Includes 12 full color plates, 350 halftones and line drawings, and a Gem Index that lists commonly sought characteristics along with page number references.
Author | : Cally Oldershaw |
Publisher | : Firefly Books |
Total Pages | : 228 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Crafts & Hobbies |
ISBN | : 9781552978146 |
A guide to the identification, structure, and uses of precious and semi-precious stones, novelty stones, agates, and crystals.
Author | : Walter Schumann |
Publisher | : Sterling Publishing (NY) |
Total Pages | : 266 |
Release | : 1977 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : |
Describes the appearance, formation, physical properties and characteristics, mining, and cutting of precious, semiprecious, and synthetic gemstones.
Author | : Renée Newman |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Precious stones |
ISBN | : 9780929975467 |
This guide provides concise, interesting and practical details on uncommon gems that are now being used by designers to create distinctive jewelry. It also lists the identification properties of the gems, where they are found, how they are used, why they are unique, how they are priced, and how to care for them.
Author | : Kennie Lyman |
Publisher | : Touchstone |
Total Pages | : 388 |
Release | : 1986-03-13 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 9780671604301 |
Simon & Schuster's Guide to Gems and Precious Stones provides both the connoisseur and the casual collector with a compact, easy-to-use volume describing more than 100 rare varieties of minerals whose beauty and mystery have possessed our imaginations from time immemorial. More than 450 brilliant photographs accompany profiles of each gem, covering such aspects as appearance, physical properties -- density, hardness, refraction -- occurrence, and how to judge quality and value. Additional sections describe the process of cutting gemstones and the techniques professional gemologists use to evaluate a stone's weight and optical properties. Detailed and comprehensive, this book is essential for anyone interested in the study of gems and precious stones.
Author | : Antoinette Matlins |
Publisher | : Turner Publishing Company |
Total Pages | : 366 |
Release | : 2012-12-14 |
Genre | : Antiques & Collectibles |
ISBN | : 0943763894 |
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