Rare Gemstones: How to Identify, Evaluate and Care for Unusual

Rare Gemstones: How to Identify, Evaluate and Care for Unusual Gems
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This guide 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, how they are priced, and how to care for them. 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. Written in a succinct, user-friendly style, this 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. The following gems are discussed and illustrated in Rare Gemstones: amblygonite, andalusite, apatite, aragonite, axinite, azurite, benitoite, bixbite, brazilianite, bronzite, calcite, cobaltocalcite, charoite, chrysocolla, cuprite, danburite, diaspore, diopside, dumortierite, enstatite, epidote, fluorite, gaspeite, hauyne, 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 and zultanite.
Country USA
Brand Brand: International Jewelry Publications
Manufacturer Intl Jewelry Pubns
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 482 photos
EANs 9780929975467
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	Brand: International Jewelry Publications
Manufacturer	Intl Jewelry Pubns
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	482 photos
EANs	9780929975467
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Rare Gemstones: How to Identify, Evaluate and Care for Unusual Gems

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