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Jeweller's Directory of Gemstones: A Complete Guide to Appraising and Using Precious Stones, from Cut and Colour to Shape and Setting [Paperback]

Judith Crowe (Author)

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Paperback: 176 pages
Publisher: A & C Black Publishers Ltd (30 Sep 2006)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0713676566
ISBN-13: 978-0713676563
Product Dimensions: 24.2 x 19 x 1.8 cm

Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)

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"...This is the first book to deal comprehensively with all the considerations that need to be taken into account when using gem materials in jewellery." Association for COntemporary Jewellery (March 2007)

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This is a comprehensive guide to identifying, buying, using and caring for a wide array of jewels and gems. It covers the origins of gemstones and how to assess the quality, rarity, grade and cut of precious and semi-precious stones. There are clear illustrations and colour photographs to help you identify the different types of gemstone available and demonstrate how they can be used in a vast variety of designs and settings. A chapter on pearls is also included. Cuts and facets, settings - both old and new, designing your own settings, appraising, buying and handling gemstones as well as how to spot synthetics and fakes are also covered. The result is a complete guide to all you need to know about gemstones.

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5.0 out of 5 stars What a pleasant surprise!, 26 Feb 2007

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This review is from: Jeweller's Directory of Gemstones: A Complete Guide to Appraising and Using Precious Stones, from Cut and Colour to Shape and Setting (Paperback)

As someone going to jewellery making classes, I bought this because I thought it would be a useful gemstone reference book, but found it to be much more geared up to jewellery making, which was a really big surprise! It not only tells you how to buy the stones, but has lots of examples of how they are best used in actual jewellery. The photographs are really good - you can see what these stones are supposed to look like in real life. I'd recommend this for anyone doing jewellery who wants to buy and use gems. I've seen a few other gems books but this is by far the best.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Wealth of Knowledge, 24 Aug 2009

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A invaluable guide to gemstones giving a full description of each type of gem and a wealth of information about variation of each stone and their sources. History of stone cuts are given and information on buying gems and synthetic reproductions given.

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5.0 out of 5 stars exactly what my daughter wanted., 15 April 2011

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This book was exactly what my daughter wanted as she planning to study geminology, the book is full of information and explanations about precious and semmi precious stones, how and where they originate and how to evaluate them.

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5.0 out of 5 stars exploring the gemstones
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A super book that has excellent pictures, descriptions and very informative well worth the read and later reference, for anyone interested in gems

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