Identification of Gemstones is a comprehensive reference guide to gem and ornamental materials, and outlines all the features a gem tester has to know before making an identification. The experienced author team describe not only each natural gem species, but also their synthetic counterparts and the materials used as imitations, demonstrating how to avoid costly mistakes. End of chapter summaries, details of further reading, and the companion website combine to provide all the support needed by professional gemmologists, antique and gemstone dealers, jewelers, and students.
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'Michael O'Donoghue and Louise Joyner are to be congratulated on authoring this innovative identification manual for gemstones, gem materials, their synthetics and their imitations.
Purchase of this manual of gem identification is recommended to all students of gemmology. Practical gemmology will be well served by this publication.'
The Australian Gemmologist
'the authors have produced a work of reference that is packed with a mass of determinative information... use of both the contents page and the index will quickly reveal a wealth of material to aid specific identification problems'.
Journal of Gemmology 2003 --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Purchase of this manual of gem identification is recommended to all students of gemmology. Practical gemmology will be well served by this publication.'
The Australian Gemmologist
'the authors have produced a work of reference that is packed with a mass of determinative information... use of both the contents page and the index will quickly reveal a wealth of material to aid specific identification problems'.
Journal of Gemmology 2003 --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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An invaluable guide to identifying gems and other ornamental materials
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Nice book but needs more illustrations,
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in fact i have read many books in gemstones identifications but this one is good in knowledge but it requires more colors , pictures and illustrations.. as most of us knows that without illustrations its hard for some people to imagine...
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this book could be useful for entry level student but very useless for professional level or advance stage of gemology, it is also very high priced.
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thermal reaction tester, rare earth absorption spectrum, natural solid inclusions, standard gemmological tests, chromium absorption spectrum, gemmological refractometer, very easy cleavage, major gem species, other gem species, yellow scapolite, natural mineral inclusions, gemmological testing, hydrothermal emeralds, pleochroic colours, phenakite crystals, colour zoning, cobalt absorption spectrum, iron absorption spectrum, moonstone effect, yellow orthoclase, synthetic amethyst, synthetic spinel, natural alexandrite, hand spectroscope, yellow apatite Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Sri Lanka, Type Ila, East Africa, Journal of Gemmology, Type Ilb, New York, New Zealand, Union Carbide, United States, Hong Kong, Mong Hsu, New Jersey, South Africa, Australian Gemmologist, Dominican Republic, Lake Biwa, Minas Gerais, Tucson Gem, North Carolina, Ouro Preto, Pierre Gilson, Rio Grande, British Columbia, Peter Read's Gemmology, The Mineralogical Record New!
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Throughout the book, in which a great number of facts and figures are presented, a number of technical terms will recur, some of which will be explained (and often repeated) on the spot. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
thermal reaction tester, rare earth absorption spectrum, natural solid inclusions, standard gemmological tests, chromium absorption spectrum, gemmological refractometer, very easy cleavage, major gem species, other gem species, yellow scapolite, natural mineral inclusions, gemmological testing, hydrothermal emeralds, pleochroic colours, phenakite crystals, colour zoning, cobalt absorption spectrum, iron absorption spectrum, moonstone effect, yellow orthoclase, synthetic amethyst, synthetic spinel, natural alexandrite, hand spectroscope, yellow apatite Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Sri Lanka, Type Ila, East Africa, Journal of Gemmology, Type Ilb, New York, New Zealand, Union Carbide, United States, Hong Kong, Mong Hsu, New Jersey, South Africa, Australian Gemmologist, Dominican Republic, Lake Biwa, Minas Gerais, Tucson Gem, North Carolina, Ouro Preto, Pierre Gilson, Rio Grande, British Columbia, Peter Read's Gemmology, The Mineralogical Record New!
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- Sri Lanka (Countries of the World (Gareth Stevens)) by Krishnan Guruswamy on 4 pages
- Gem Testing by B. W. Anderson in Front Matter, page 206, and page 232
- The Spectroscope and Gemmology by B. W. Anderson in Front Matter
- The Heat Treatment of Ruby and Sapphire by Ted Themelis in Index
- Analytical Techniques in Materials Conservation by Barbara H. Stuart on page 41
- Gemmology, Third Edition by Peter Read C Eng MIEE FGA DGA in Back Matter
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