Rare Gemstones: How to Identify, Evaluate & Care for Unusual Gems - Softcover

Newman, Renee

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0929975464 ISBN 13: 9780929975467

Verlag: International Jewelry Publications,U.S., 2012

Inhaltsangabe

Rare Gemstones provides concise information on uncommon gems used by designers to create distinctive jewelry. Besides listing the identification properties of the gems, it tells you where they're found, how they're used, why they're unique, how they're priced and how to care for them. High quality photos (482) show the different colors, cutting styles and varieties of each gem and give ideas on how each can be used creatively in jewelry. The following gems are discussed and illustrated: amblygonite, andalusite, apatite, aragonite, axinite, azurite, benitoite, bixbite, brazilianite, bronzite, calcite, cobaltocalcite, charoite, chrysocolla, cuprite, danburite, diaspore, diopside, dumortierite, enstatite, epidote, fluorite, gaspéite, haüyne, hematite, hemimorphite, howlite, idocrase, jeremejevite, kornerupine, kyanite, larimar, lepidolite, magnesite, marcasite, maw-sit-sit, moldavite, obsidian, pectolite, phenakite, phosphosiderite, prehnite, psilomelane, pyrite, red beryl, rhodochrosite, rhodonite, scapolite, scheelite, seraphinite, serpentine, sodalite, sillimanite, smithsonite, sphalerite, sphene, sugilite, taaffeite, titanite, tugtupite, unakite, variscite, vesuvianite, zultanite. Rare Gemstones is a companion book to Newman's Gemstone Buying Guide and an ideal reference for jewelers, sales associates, appraisers, gem collectors, gemology students, gem dealers and consumers.

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Renée Newman GG is a respected gemologist and author of ten gem and jewelry guides. Her books are used worldwide as buying guides, sales-training tools, class texts and references for jewelry professionals. Other books by Newman include: Ruby, Sapphire & Emerald Buying Guide Gem & Jewelry Pocket Guide Diamond Ring Buying Guide Gemstone Buying Guide Exotic Gems: Volumes 1 and 2 Pearl Buying Guide Diamond Handbook Jewelry Handbook

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Rare Gemstones provides concise, interesting and practical details on uncommon gems that are now being used by designers to create distinctive jewelry. It not only lists the identification properties of the gems, but tells you where they are found, how they are used, why they are unique and how they are priced. High quality photos show the different colors, cutting styles and varieties of each gem and give you ideas on how each can be used creatively in jewelry. The book also explains how to care for rare gemstones and how to keep them from being damaged. Written in a succinct, user-friendly style, Rare Gemstones is a companion book to Newman's Gemstone Buying Guide and an ideal reference for jewelers, sales associates, appraisers, gem collectors, gemology students, gem dealers and consumers.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: International Jewelry Publications,U.S.
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0929975464
• ISBN 13: 9780929975467
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 137
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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