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The Jeweler's Directory of Gemstones: A Complete Guide to Appraising and Using Precious...
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Features
Hardcover: 176 pages
Publisher: Firefly Books October 9, 2006
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1554071666
ISBN-13: 978-1554071661
Product Dimensions:
9.8 x 7.6 x 0.9 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
Product Review
Even those of us who do not buy gems can learn much from this work. (Bob Jones Rock and Gem 200707)
An invaluable resource. Libraries will find this holds wide appeal for a range of gem crafters. (Diane C. Donovan California Bookwatch, The Midwest Book Review 200707)
For jewelers, but it is just as well suited for buyers and wearers of gemstone jewelry. (Lori D.Kranz American Reference Books Annual 20061207)
A beautiful tabletop book for those who adore jewelry and an excellent education resource for consumers. (Tanya Enberg Toronto 24 Hours 20061216)
A valuable tool for understanding and using gemstones an important investment for those devoted to fine gems. (Kathleen Webb Tacoma Way News Tribune 200703)
A welcome book for anyone in the craft. (Annie Boulanger The Record (New Westminster, BC) 200701)
A reasonably thorough, convenient resource Extremely useful, and I strongly recommend it. (Art Jewelry Magazine )
The lavish full-color photographs are well balanced with the text, making this book a feast for the eye. (Lori D. Kranz Bloomsbury Review )
Product Description
For goldsmiths, collectors, jewelry-makers, investors, retailers and consumers.
The trade of gemstones is a highly specialized and often secretive business. Using The Jeweler's Directory of Gemstones, written by an expert gemstone dealer and designer, will provide any consumer with the insider knowledge needed to make accurate judgments of gemstones, to recognize low- and high-quality stones, and to make a good buy rather than a bad one.
Each full-color spread is packed with concise text, annotated drawings and beautiful photographs, including a showcase of virtuoso jewelry designs. Great for informed consumers, the book includes: - Sources and grading
- Traditional and modern settings
- Cutting and faceting
- Designing a special setting
- Gemstone groups
- Appraising, buying and handling gemstones
- Diamond types and pearls
- Spotting synthetics and fakes.
Here is a sampling of the practical insider information in this book: - Using a loupe to examine a stone
- Understanding laser cutting and carving
- Identifying synthetic diamonds
- Buying at gem fairs and from dealers
- Cleaning and storing stones.
No other book has this kind expert advice -- up-to-date, clearly presented and fully illustrated -- on evaluating and using gemstones. (2007)
Reader Reviews
I'd been looking for a book like this for what seemed like FOR-EV-ARRRR!!! As a jewelry artist, I've always wanted to add some gemstone books to my huge jewelry-related book collection, but all I could ever find were ones that seemed to be written only for gemstone collectors & science nerds--not that there's ANYTHING bad about stone collectors OR science nerds--it was just that these books never really focused much (if at all) on the jewelry-related aspect of gemstones!! This book definitely fills that huge (and what you'd think would be obvious) void that all those other books seem to have missed. I am hoping the book will be revised in the future to include more stones, and maybe fix a few things that were left out.. For example: in the list of U.S. locations where Tourmaline mines exist, Maine was left out!! :-o But the flaws I see in this book are very minor--overall I am very satisfied with it, and I am very thankful to Judith Crowe for finally making the book that I was searching for!! :-)
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