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An important feature of the book is a comprehensive visual identification key. This makes it easy for the reader to recognize the type of a stone, and so move on to the correct section of the book for a detailed identification. The main part of the book examines each major group of gems from every part of the world, with each group divided into clearly structured units. The first section deals with precious gems in their many forms, with illustrations of priceless jewellery. The second and longer section concentrates on the semiprecious and novelty stones, the agates and the crystals used aby many professional and amateur jewellers and purchased by the majority of collectors and jewellery enthusiasts.
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Cally Oldershaw lives in St Albans. She is the author of DK's Gemstones which sold over 5 million copies worldwide. Cally is a Fellow of the Gemmological Association of Great Britain (GAGTL) and a member of the curatorial team at the National History Museum in London.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
The next best thing to having the real thing is to have good pictures of the item. And this book is loaded.
Th book is well organized and has information from where to find the gems and pictures of their natural forms to ha to make the best cuts. We get chemical makeup and their history of trade.
An added plus is a section on organics such as pearl, shell, coral, and amber.
I am using this book to help determine what I am looking at on online auctions.
Gemstones (Smithsonian Handbooks)
Th book is well organized and has information from where to find the gems and pictures of their natural forms to ha to make the best cuts. We get chemical makeup and their history of trade.
An added plus is a section on organics such as pearl, shell, coral, and amber.
I am using this book to help determine what I am looking at on online auctions.
Gemstones (Smithsonian Handbooks)
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
A very useful little book for identification of both polished and rough stones. Enough detail. Small enough to carry about. I use it as part of a collection of books on stones; it's always good to have several.
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Excellent little volume for the beginner like me. Clearly identifies gems by colour type (so, for example, if you are trying to identify a blue gem you can look quickly at the page for blue-type gems), and then contains individual entries for each which give history, mineralogy, uses, and a table of specifications. Each individual entry also includes photos of the most commonly found cuts of that particular gem for easy identification. Also includes a cursory entry on biologically produced materials such as mother-of-pearl, abalone...
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