For jewelers, but it is just as well suited for buyers and wearers of gemstone jewelry. (Lori D.Kranz
American Reference Books Annual 2007)
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)
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) 200707)
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 )
Even those of us who do not buy gems can learn much from this work. (Bob Jones
Rock and Gem )
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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