Gems made by man [Hardcover]

Kurt Nassau (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 364 pages
• Publisher: Chilton Book Co; 1st edition (1980)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0801967732
• ISBN-13: 978-0801967733
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.4 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,053,161 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars The best book on the subject, March 9, 2004

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Mike_brazil "Michael" (Rockville, MD) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gems made by man (Hardcover)

This is a very good introduction to the existing methods to produce synthetic gemstones. The edition covers a wide range o stones (i.e. emeralds, opals, diamonds, quartz etc) and techniques, and although I think there is too much information on synthetic diamonds (which I am not too interested) the book is still complete enough on the other topics too. Considering that not much has been published on journals about these methods, this books does a good job presenting the information that's around. The references are not very complete and the author could have used more information from patents (although there are none from Chatam and Gilson), but if you are an interested person or someone trying to find some information about synthesis of precious stones (which is very hard to find) this is the source. Kurt Nassau also wrote a second book on the Physics of Color, which is more theorical than this one.

5.0 out of 5 stars BEST OF ITS KIND!, October 9, 2009

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JayRoo (Arizona, USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Gems made by man (Hardcover)

When it comes to synthetic and/or simulated Gemstones, this book is TOP of its class! There is no better or more complete book on this topic.

A MUST have for any Serious Gem Collector, Gemologist, Appraiser, etc.

This book deals with every conceivable synthetic gemstone to date (latest edition of course). From the very first known synthetics, to the latest and most recent methods of creating gems. It lists the names of the procedures, the methods used to create them (stepwise) and the ways in which they differ (from their natural counterparts) and how they can be detected.

I can't say enough about this book! Definitely ONE OF A KIND!


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