Colored Gemstones

Author : Antoinette Leonard Matlins
Publisher : Gemstone Press
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9780943763453

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Colored Gemstones by Antoinette Leonard Matlins Pdf

Purchasing coloured gemstones can be a magical experience, filled with excitement and anticipation. But lack of information, error, or misrepresentation can make buying gemstones confusing, intimidating, overwhelming, and costly. With more varieties than ever before to choose from, including altogether new gems, revolutionary new cuts, and new ways to buy gems -- such as internet auctions and TV shopping -- there has never been a more exciting time to buy or collect coloured gemstones. But there are also new high-tech treatments and sophisticated frauds to look out for. Lack of information, error, or misrepresentation can make the thrill of buying a gem or piece of jewellery confusing, intimidating, overwhelming, and costly. Buyers need a source of expert guidance. To help you avoid the pitfalls and keep the magic, Antoinette Matlins, an internationally respected expert on buying gems, puts her insider knowledge to work for you in this easy-to-read, easy-to-use guide. Practical, comprehensive, and easy to understand, the guide offers in depth all the information you need in order to know what to look for and what to look out for, including: what qualifies as a 'gemstone'?; how to evaluate colour -- and its impact on price; deciding between a natural gem and an enhanced gem; coloured gemstone synthesis and treatment; what to ask when buying the stone; what to get in writing; how to get what you want within your budget; price guides for popular gems, opals, and synthetic stones; And much, much more!

Author : Antoinette Matlins, PG, FGA
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2012-11-07
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9780943763866

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Colored Gemstones 3/E by Antoinette Matlins, PG, FGA Pdf

Newly updated and expanded, COLORED GEMSTONES gives you all the information you need to buy, collect, sell— or simply enjoy—sapphires, emeralds, rubies and other colored gemstones with confidence and knowledge. With more varieties than ever before to choose from, including altogether new gems, revolutionary new cuts and new ways to buy gems—such as Internet auctions and TV shopping—there has never been a more exciting time to buy or collect colored gemstones. But there are also new high-tech treatments and sophisticated frauds to look out for. Lack of information, error or misrepresentation can make the thrill of buying a gem or piece of jewelry confusing, intimidating, overwhelming and costly. Buyers need a source of expert guidance. This practical, comprehensive, easy-to-understand guide provides all the information you need in order to know what to look for, and what to look out for, including: What qualifies as a “gemstone”? How to evaluate color—and its impact on price. Deciding between a natural gem and an enhanced gem ... and new glass-gemstone compositions. Colored gemstone synthesis and treatment. What to ask when buying the stone. What to get in writing. How to get what you want within your budget. Price guides for popular gems, opals and synthetic stones. Important information about buying on the Internet. ... and much more! Written by an “insider,” this easy-to-read guide is the “unofficial colored gemstone bible” for anyone who wants to get the most for their moneyand enjoy what they have purchased.

Author : David Federman
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781468464887

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Modern Jeweler’s Consumer Guide to Colored Gemstones by David Federman Pdf

Since early 1989, a gem dealer I've known for years has been calling me every few weeks to brief me on mounting mayhem in Colombia's lucrative emerald market. The troubling gist of these calls is always this: There is a full-fledged turf war going on between that South American country's bustling drug and gem trades for control of its emerald ex port business. According to this dealer and several others, anywhere from two to four thousand emerald industry people, mostly miners and deal ers, have been murdered since 1980. No doubt the gem sector, itself never gun shy, has retaliated in full and in kind. After all, the two groups have banded together in an intermittent alliance against a common enemy-Communist guerillas-with results the CIA would envy. I mention this bloodshed because of something the gem dealer once said to me: "I bet you never think of what a gem has to go through to get to a jewelry store:' He's right. I tend to think of colored stones as things of beauty, not objects of gruesome power struggles between mining kingpins and drug lords. Can you blame me, or anyone with insider knowledge, if a gem sheds any connection with its past once sculpted by a cutter into the glittering mar vel we see in a jeweler's showcase? Like Odysseus listening to the sirens' song, we become victims of an aesthetics-induced amnesia.

Author : Paul Deasy
Publisher : Real Gems, LLC
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2011-09
Category : Gems
ISBN : 0982115601

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Colored Gemstones by Paul Deasy Pdf

Provides a concise description of each gemstone, photographs showing characteristics and distinguishing features, and information on where gemstones are found and their natural properties.

Author : Joel E. Arem
Publisher : Van Nostrand Reinhold Company
Page : 147 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1977-01-01
Category : Precious stones
ISBN : 0442203330

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Color Encyclopedia of Gemstones by Joel E. Arem Pdf

Author : Kathy J. Rygle,Stephen F. Pedersen
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2011-06-02
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780943763804

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Northeast Treasure Hunter's Gem & Mineral Guide (5th Edition) by Kathy J. Rygle,Stephen F. Pedersen Pdf

Learn Where & How to Dig, Pan and Mine Your Own Gems & Minerals NORTHEAST Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Indiana Illinois Maine Massachusetts Maryland Michigan New Hampshire New Jersey New York Ohio Pennsylvania Rhode Island Vermont Wisconsin Whether you’re digging for the first time or are an experienced rockhound or “prospector,” with a simple rock hammer and a little luck, you too can strike it rich ... or at the very least, have fun trying. This guide offers you easy-to-use information on the ins and outs of “fee dig” mining, complete with locations, costs, tips on technique, entertaining legends and important information on everything from safety kits to the location of the nearest restrooms. Included are resources for use in identifying your finds, exploring the lapidary arts, and further pursuing an exciting—and possibly profitable—hobby. Equipment and Clothing: What you need and where to find it (or how to make it yourself). Mining Techniques: Step-by-step instructions on panning for gold, sluicing for gems and other methods. Gem and Mineral Sites: Directions and maps, hours, fees and equipment needed. Also includes info on guide services, local camping facilities and more. Museums and Mine Tours: Where to visit commercial and historical mines, as well as museums with exhibits of gems and minerals (for help in learning what to look for). Special Events and Tourist Information: Listings of regional events involving gems and minerals, and sources of general travel and tourism information for every state. Other Features: Where to find your birthstone ... your anniversary stone ... your zodiac stone; Index by State; Index by Gem/Mineral; U.S. State Gems & Minerals Chart; and more!

Author : Kathy J. Rygle
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2011-06-01
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9780943763798

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Southwest Treasure Hunter's Gem and Mineral Guide (5th ed.) by Kathy J. Rygle Pdf

Updated 5th Edition with new sites & museums! SOUTHWEST Arizona • California • Colorado • Hawaii • Kansas Nevada • New Mexico • Oklahoma • Texas • Utah Whether you’re digging for the first time or are an experienced rockhound or “prospector,” with a simple rock hammer and a little luck, you too can strike it rich ... or at the very least, have fun trying. This guide offers you easy-to-use information on the ins and outs of “fee dig” mining, complete with locations, costs, tips on technique, entertaining legends and important information on everything from safety kits to the location of the nearest restrooms. Included are resources for use in identifying your finds, exploring the lapidary arts, and further pursuing an exciting—and possibly profitable—hobby. • Equipment and Clothing • Mining Techniques • Gem and Mineral Sites • Museums and Mine Tours • Special Events and Tourist Information • Other Features The Treasure Hunter’s Gem & Mineral Guides to the U.S.A. in 4 regional volumes: Northeast ISBN: 978-0-943763-76-7 Northwest ISBN: 978-0-943763-74-3 Southeast ISBN: 978-0-943763-77-4 Southwest ISBN: 978-0-943763-75-0 Kathy J. Rygle & Stephen F. Pedersen combine their scientific training with a hobbyist’s passion. Lifelong rockhounds, both authors have shared this hobby—begun with their parents—with their children, and have traveled to many “fee dig” sites, museums and mine tours across the United States.

Author : Antoinette Matlins,Antonio C. Bonanno
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
Page : 467 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2013-03-19
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9780943763934

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Gem Identification Made Easy (5th Edition) by Antoinette Matlins,Antonio C. Bonanno Pdf

This colorful book offers you a window into the world of Mahatma Gandhi, one of the most amazing people of the twentieth century. You will learn about Gandhi’s life—from his time as a student in London to his work for equality in South Africa and India—and his methods of peaceful, but not passive, resistance to injustice.

Author : Antoinette Leonard Matlins,Antonio C. Bonanno
Publisher : Gemstone Press
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9780943763590

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Gem Identification Made Easy by Antoinette Leonard Matlins,Antonio C. Bonanno Pdf

This revised edition covers the latest gems, synthetics, treatments and instruments. It is easy to use, practical and non-technical indicating how to identify diamonds, coloured gemstones and pearls, as well as separating them from fakes and look-alikes. The book explains what instruments are needed and how to use them, where to obtain such instruments and what should be seen for each gemstone. Anyone can learn to identify most of the gems and imitations found in the market place. This volume is the key to avoiding costly mistakes and recognising profitable opportunities.

Author : Joel Arem
Publisher : Springer
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2012-03-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 1468464825

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Color Encyclopedia of Gemstones by Joel Arem Pdf

The first edition of this encyclopedia was published a deposits, including some extraordinary pink material. decade ago, and some remarkable changes have occurred So-called fancy colored diamonds (in truth, colored gem in the gemstone marketplace during this interval. Although stones) may well become the most eagerly sought and highly prized of all gems before the next edition of this diamond still retains its place as the most popular and book is published. esteemed of all gemstones, the extremely wide gap in this leadership position versus colored stones has nar The growing popularity of colored gemstones has rowed. There is a large and growing demand for all kinds made it crucial that a sensible, scientific, precise, consis of gemstones, especially brightly colored stones that can tent, and universally accepted method of color grading be worn as fashion accessories. Beaded jewelry has become be developed. The immense pool of capital in pension plans and trust accounts will never touch gems as wealth an item of immense popularity; pearls have seen a huge revival. Rare gemstones such as tanzanite and tsavorite preservation vehicles until such grading is an established have made the transition from collector items to market fact. Many grading systems have been proposed. All of staples.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1558 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1982-10-12
Category : Administrative law
ISBN : UIUC:30112059140316

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Federal Register by Anonim Pdf

Author : Antoinette Leonard Matlins
Publisher : Gemstone Press
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9780943763729

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Colored Gemstones by Antoinette Leonard Matlins Pdf

This book gives you all the information you need to buy, collect, sell or simply enjoy sapphires, emeralds, rubies and other coloured gemstones with confidence and knowledge. With more varieties than ever before to choose from, including altogether new gems, revolutionary new cuts and new ways to buy gems -- such as Internet auctions and TV shopping -- there has never been a more exciting time to buy or collect coloured gemstones. But there are also new high-tech treatments and sophisticated frauds to look out for. Lack of information, error or misrepresentation can make the thrill of buying a gem or piece of jewellery confusing, intimidating, overwhelming and costly. Buyers need a source of expert guidance. This practical, comprehensive, easy-to-understand guide provides all the information you need in order to know what to look for, and what to look out for, including: What qualifies as a "gemstone"?; How to evaluate colour -- and its impact on price; Deciding between a natural gem and an enhanced gem . . . and new glass-gemstone compositions; Coloured gemstone synthesis and treatment; What to get in writing; How to get what you want within your budget; Price guides for popular gems, opals and synthetic stones; Important information about buying on the Internet; What to ask when buying the stone . . . and much more! Written by an "insider", this easy-to-read guide is the "unofficial coloured gemstone bible" for anyone who wants to get the most for their money and enjoy what they have purchased.

Author : Karen Hurrell,Mary L. Johnson
Publisher : Chartwell Books
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2016-12-15
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780785834984

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Gemstones by Karen Hurrell,Mary L. Johnson Pdf

This fascinating work provides a truly stunning visual guide to the beautiful world of gemstones. It brings together a wealth of information in clearly worded text accompanied by a dazzling collection of color photographs showing gems in their natural and cut states. From subjects as diverse as identifying and collecting minerals and advanced testing, to ethical sourcing of gems, every aspect of gemstones is covered, and is presented with a wealth of research in easy-to-understand sections, making it a must-have reference work for anyone who wants to delve into the exciting world of gems.

Author : Paul Deasy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Precious stones
ISBN : 1424320968

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Colored Gemstones by Paul Deasy Pdf

Provides a concise description of each gemstone, photographs showing characteristics and distinguishing features, and information on where gemstones are found and their natural properties.

Author : Johanna Basford
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2021-03-30
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9780143136064

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Worlds of Wonder by Johanna Basford Pdf

From the creator of the worldwide bestsellers World of Flowers and Lost Ocean, a beautiful new coloring book that takes you on a captivating journey through imagined and fantastical realms. This isn't just a book; rather, it is a magical portal to many wondrous worlds. Within these pages you'll find tree-top castles, floating islands, and fairytale villages, all waiting to be brought to life in your colors. Go on an adventure and let your imagination roam from world to world, discovering enchanted sea turtles, curious cats, and lost song birds along the way. In this new coloring book, Johanna Basford lends her signature style of inky illustration to a series of brand new inkscapes and themes, all with a sprinkling of her much-loved botanicals. Get ready to discover whole new worlds of colors!