The Practical Guide To Buying Diamonds
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| Author | : Renée Newman |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2020 |
| Genre | : Diamonds |
| ISBN | : 9780929975542 |
This updated and revised 8th Edition provides concise yet detailed information on diamond quality evaluation, lab-grown diamonds, fakes, gem treatments, cutting styles, gold, platinum, palladium, silver, alternative metals, settings, ring selection, diamond grading reports, gem care and buying tips. Its a visual guide that helps you select the best diamonds and mounting for your budget and needs. Written in clear, everyday English, with lots of colour photos, the book shows you step-by-step how to evaluate diamonds and settings. It has helped thousands of diamond buyers make smart choices and is a useful reference for jewelry salespeople when answering customers questions about diamonds, precious metals and settings. A Gems & Gemology review described the previous edition of the Diamond Ring Buying Guide as An entire course on judging diamonds in 155 pages of well-organised information ... the book serves as a checklist for the purchase, mounting and care of a diamond. The photos are excellent. Brides magazine wrote: "Want to feel truly confident in the jewelry store? Read the Diamond Ring Buying Guide by an industry insider, which will teach you how to judge a quality diamond. What We Love: The seriously savvy shopping tips and the massive colour photos that reveal what diamonds look like under a loupe".
| Author | : Renée Newman |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2005 |
| Genre | : Diamonds |
| ISBN | : 9780929975368 |
Packed with close-up photographs, this reference shows you how to judge diamonds on the basis of how they look, rather than just on how they are graded. This handbook expands on the information provided in Newman's companion book, The Diamond Ring Buying Guide and covers additional topics requested by the readers.
| Author | : Randi Molofsky |
| Publisher | : Rockport Publishers |
| Total Pages | : 140 |
| Release | : 2005 |
| Genre | : Nature |
| ISBN | : 9781592531745 |
With the "right-hand diamond" all the rage right now, it is important for women to stay informed of the particulars when it comes to shopping for a diamond. Even if a woman is searching for an engagement ring with her fianc she should learn the basics to help him out, and to prevent her personal style from being compromised by uninformed choices. A Girls' Guide to Buying Diamonds provides all the key facts any woman needs to know before purchasing her ice. This style manual shows readers how to choose the perfect diamond, based on lifestyle, personality, even hand shape, all from a woman's perspective. Beautiful illustrations and photographs enhance discussions of bands, settings, cuts, and how to identify imperfections. Practical advice teaches readers to select a jeweler, arms them with questions to ask, as well as questions they should expect to hear. A Girls' Guide to Buying Diamonds is a must have for any girl-or boy-game for splurging on the ultimate glamorous accessory.
| Author | : Michael Freedman |
| Publisher | : Irwin Professional Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 184 |
| Release | : 1980 |
| Genre | : Antiques & Collectibles |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : Renée Newman |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2008 |
| Genre | : Diamonds |
| ISBN | : 9780929975399 |
This handbook updates jewellery professionals and serious diamond buyers on the new developments in diamond grading, treatments, synthetic diamonds, fancy-colour diamonds and lab certificates. Using close-up photographs, it shows how to make visual judgements about clarity, transparency, cut quality and brilliance. The handbook also discusses how gem labs are incorporating brightness, size, scintillation and pattern into their cut grades, and it provides tips on detecting treatments and man-made diamonds. Topics include: quality evaluation; diamond recutting; branded diamonds; antique cuts and jewellery; diamond treatments; fancy-colour diamonds; synthetic diamonds; light performance; fluorescence; and, lab reports.
| Author | : Nizam Peters |
| Publisher | : Amer Inst of Diamond Cutting Incorporated |
| Total Pages | : 172 |
| Release | : 1998-01-01 |
| Genre | : Art |
| ISBN | : 9780966585414 |
| Author | : Fred Cuellar |
| Publisher | : Sourcebooks, Inc. |
| Total Pages | : 395 |
| Release | : 2012-04 |
| Genre | : Reference |
| ISBN | : 1402267347 |
"Finally, one of the top diamond experts breaks the silence and demystifies the world of diamonds for regular folks like you and me."-Gregory J.P. Godek, author of 1001 Ways to Be Romantic Get Your Money's Worth on a Great Diamond! Buying a diamond can be one of the most important and intimidating purchases you ever make. Whether you're getting engaged or married, or are buying for an anniversary, investment, or just because, How to Buy a Diamond will take the pressure and uncertainty out of your purchase, and will show you how to get the best diamond for your money. Newly revised and completely updated, How to Buy a Diamond is the only book on the market to include wholesalers' secret pricing charts athat you, the public, never get to see. The charts are broken down by carat, clarity, and color-including the various types of color within each color grade. Important sections include: - Matching your funds with the perfect diamond - The four C's explained: clarity, color, cut and carat size - Ring styles and settings - Insuring and caring for your diamond - Picking the right jeweler - Grade bumping: what it is and how to spot it - Surprising new changes to guild stores - Jewelers' tricks of the trade - Wholesalers' secret pricing charts!
| Author | : Ralf Tappert |
| Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
| Total Pages | : 153 |
| Release | : 2011-02-16 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 3642125727 |
Diamonds in Nature: A Guide to Rough Diamonds illustrates the range of crystal shapes, colours, surface textures, and mineral inclusions of rough, uncut, naturally forming diamonds. Each chapter contains photographs that show the unique physical characteristics of the diamonds, and the accompanying text describes the processes that led to their formation. This book is an invaluable reference manual for professional geoscientists—including gemmologists and exploration geologists.
| Author | : |
| Publisher | : Gemstone Press |
| Total Pages | : 330 |
| Release | : 2009 |
| Genre | : Jewelry |
| ISBN | : 0943763711 |
| Author | : Antoinette Leonard Matlins |
| Publisher | : Gemstone Press |
| Total Pages | : 372 |
| Release | : 1997 |
| Genre | : Antiques & Collectibles |
| ISBN | : |
An easy-to-use book that shows how anyone can learn to identify most of the gems and synthetics found in the marketplace. This practical book is essential reading for collectors, dealers, or students alike on how to avoid costly mistakes and recognize profitable opportunities.
