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This month we’re showing you inside Gemstones written by Judith Crowe. This is a comprehensive guide for identifying, buying and caring for a stunning array of gems. This book is ideal for professionals in the trade, jewellers, self employed buyers, sellers, hobbyists or simply if you have an interest in sparkly gems!
Whether you’re sourcing gems at a trade show, antiques fair, boot sale or buying gemstones online this book will help you identify gemstones. Or if you’re a gemstone addict and have a vast collection, this book can help remind you of the gemstones that you have collected over the years.
It’s packed full of practical advice, with charts, colour keys, timelines as well as inspiring photography throughout. It also includes a checklist of all the indicators you need to look for when identifying gems. There’s even information on mining, designing and cutting of gemstones, pricing, treatments, optical properties, inclusions and what to look out for when it comes to imitations.
Then onto the main section of the book, the gemstone directory - with 140 incredible pages of gemstones and their gemmological characteristics of individual gemstones. The gemmological information panel includes comparable information on the featured gem’s properties, including hardness, density and lustre. There’s even a birthstone and zodiac chart at the end too. We love how the book also shows photographs of gems in their raw state, as polished stones and then how they look set into beautiful pieces of jewellery.
Find this inspiring book online now with so many more brilliant jewellery making books on a range of topics to help you in your journey.
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