This is the first and only book that explains in non-technical terms how to use pocket, portable and laboratory instruments to identify diamonds and coloured gems and to separate them from imitations 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 ...
Purchasing gems and jewellery can be a magical experience, filled with excitement and anticipation. But lack of information, error, or misrepresentation can make the thrill of buying a gem or piece of jewellery confusing, intimidating, overwhelming, and costly. To help you to avoid the pitfalls and keep the magic, two internationally respected ...
This completely updated, revised and expanded edition by two experts explains how to buy diamonds, pearls, and other precious and popular gems and metals with confidence and knowledge. Also includes information on design and style, plus gemstone laboratory reports. 16 full-color plates; 100 illustrations.
Whether you are buying a diamond for an engagement ring, anniversary, to commemorate a special moment, or for personal pleasure, today it is more important than ever to understand what you are buying. There are new shapes and cuts, fancy colours, high-tech treatments, and sophisticated frauds. There are new ways to buy - such as Internet auctions ...
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 ...
Purchasing coloured gemstones can be a magical experience, filled with excitement and anticipation. But lack of information, error, or misrepresentation can make buying gemstones confusing, intimidating, overwhelming, and costly. With more varieties than ever before to choose from, including altogether new gems, revolutionary new cuts, and new ...
Partial Contents: Getting to Know Gems; Diamonds; Colored Gemstones; Important Advice Before You Buy, and more. Appendixes: Selected List of Gem Identification Labs, National plus State Jewelry Associations. Index. 9 full-color plates. 100+ black and white illustrations.
A source of expert guidance to help you enter today's fastest-growing marketplace for gems and jewellery. This definitive guide to buying and selling at auction covers both the unique risks and opportunities to be found -- how to make a profit on yesterday's treasures or find a valuable treasure of your own. Entertaining, informative, and packed ...
Purchasing coloured gemstones can be a magical experience, filled with excitement and anticipation. But lack of information, error, or misrepresentation can make buying gemstones confusing, intimidating, overwhelming, and costly. Lack of information, error, or misrepresentation can make the thrill of buying a gem or piece of jewellery confusing, ...
Everything you need to buy beautiful pearls with confidence. With today's finest cultured pearls rivalling diamond, ruby, emerald, and sapphire in terms of popularity, rarity, and price, more and more people are searching for a reliable source of information to guide them in the fascinating and complex world of pearls -- natural, cultured, and ...
Until now, there has been no reliable source of information for buring engagement rings and wedding bands--which is the first major purchase a couple make and, next to buying a home, possible the most expensive.
An indispensable resource on how to select, buy, and enjoy the perfect ring, this revised editions includes new colour photos and features the latest trends and artistry in ring design. Also included are up-to-date diamond price charts to help buyers really know what they are paying for.
With the intention of taking the fear and anxiety out of buying an engagement or wedding ring, this book seeks to restore the romance and the magic of this once-in-a-lifetime experience.
Whether you're digging for the first time or are an experienced rockhound or 'prospector', with a simple rock hammer and a little luck, you too can strike it rich...or at the very least, have fun trying. This guide offers you easy to use information on the ins and outs of 'fee dig' mining, complete with locations, costs, tips on technique, ...
Whether you are an experienced rockhound or "prospector", or just digging for the first time, with a simple rock hammer and a little luck, you too can strike it rich ...or at the very least, have fun trying. From rubies, opals and gold, to emeralds, aquamarine and diamonds, each guide offers state-by-state details on more than 250 gems and ...
Whether you are an experienced rockhound or "prospector", or just digging for the first time, with a simple rock hammer and a little luck, you too can strike it rich ...or at the very least, have fun trying. From rubies, opals and gold, to emeralds, aquamarine and diamonds, each guide offers state-by-state details on more than 250 gems and ...
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