The catalogue of the Aurora Collection , the worlds most famous colored diamond collection that has been on display at The American Museum of Natural History in New York since 1989. 260 diamond photographs by Tino Hammid, with introductions from collector Alan Bronstein, author/gemologist Stephen C. Hofer, museum curator Dr. George E.Harlow, and author/historian Janet Zapata. Hundreds of historical quotes and color descriptions. The perfect guide to the world of natural colored diamonds.
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The catalogue of the Aurora Collection, the world's most famous colored diamond collection that has been on display at the American Museum of Natural History in New York since 1989. 260 diamond photographs by Tino Hammid with introductions from collector Alan Bronstein, author/gemologist Stephen C. Hofer, museum curator Dr. George E. Harlow, and author/historian Janet Zapata. Hundreds of historical quotes and color descriptions. The perfect guide to the world of natural colored diamonds.
About the Author
Alan Bronstein is a colored diamond trader and consultant since 1980. He is also the collector of The Aurora Collection
Stephen C. Hofer is a gemologist specializing in fancy colored diamonds for the last 20 years. He is the author of Collecting and Classifying Coloured Diamonds: An Illustrated Study of the Aurora Collection.
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Absolutely stunning photos and easy-to-read text,
By Mr Frank M. A. Aris (Dalkey / Co. Dublin - Ireland) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Forever Brilliant : The Aurora Collection of Colored Diamonds (Hardcover)
Mr. Hofer's book is wonderful to read or actually wonderful to look at. The photos are absolutely stunning and the text of this catalogue is fairly easy to read (compared to his masterpiece "Collecting and Classifying Coloured Diamonds"). The so-called "common names" for the coloured diamonds are sometimes quite funny and I wonder whether they are recognised the gemworld over. But the book/catalogue is superbly written and a big compliment to the photographer, who has done a fantastic job! (it explains in great detail how the diamonds were photographed). All in all, a gem of a book!!!!
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Uninspired photos of colored diamonds,
By MH in Ca "MH in CA" (CA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Forever Brilliant : The Aurora Collection of Colored Diamonds (Hardcover)
This is a rather thin, over-sized, hardcover book. My first impression was "This is it? This is all there is?" The text is intersting but I was looking for good photos of the individual or groups of diamonds. What you get are pages of uninspired face-on photos (256 in all, I think) of the diamonds in the collection, cropped to the shapes of the stones, with nothing else to make them look remotely interesting. Next to each small (less than an inch) photo is a brief description. The book is mainly a catalog color names with an occasional colorful description or story about a particular diamond. Two stars because it is somewhat interesting to read and the pictures and descriptions are somewhat informative. But if you are looking for nice photos, look elsewhere.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
An Affordable Alternative to its Big Brother "Collecting and Classifying Coloured Diamonds",
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This review is from: Forever Brilliant : The Aurora Collection of Colored Diamonds (Hardcover)
This book is affectively an extract from Collecting and Classifying Coloured Diamonds by the same author, concentrating just on the collection itself, and as such is an affordable alternative. We bought both!
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The Aurora Collection began as a quest for finding and bringing together specimens of the myriad of colors seen in diamonds, culminating in 1998 with the publication of the book Collecting and Classifying Coloured Diamonds: An illustrated Study of the Aurora Collection, by Stephen C. Hofer. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
yellowish orangish brown, modern brilliant, colored diamonds, colorless diamonds, orangish yellow, fancy diamonds, brown diamonds, coloured diamond, diamonds occur, fancy stones, pink diamonds, color diamonds, purplish pink, brownish orange Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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The Aurora Collection began as a quest for finding and bringing together specimens of the myriad of colors seen in diamonds, culminating in 1998 with the publication of the book Collecting and Classifying Coloured Diamonds: An illustrated Study of the Aurora Collection, by Stephen C. Hofer. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
yellowish orangish brown, modern brilliant, colored diamonds, colorless diamonds, orangish yellow, fancy diamonds, brown diamonds, coloured diamond, diamonds occur, fancy stones, pink diamonds, color diamonds, purplish pink, brownish orange Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
South Africa, New York, Alan Bronstein, Argyle Diamonds Ltd, Museum of Natural History, The Nature of Diamonds, Duke of Brunswick, Nick Hale, Stephen Hofer New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Collecting and Classifying Coloured Diamonds: An Illustrated Study of the Aurora Collection by Stephen C. Hofer on page 1, and page 21
- Natural History by Maureen Howard in Front Matter
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