The Ruby & Sapphire Buying Guide: How to Spot Value & Ripoffs [Paperback]

Renee Newman (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 204 pages
• Publisher: Intl Jewelry Pubns; 2 edition (June 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0929975219
• ISBN-13: 978-0929975214
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.9 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,716,739 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent beginner guide to sapphires and rubies, January 26, 1999

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This review is from: The Ruby & Sapphire Buying Guide: How to Spot Value & Ripoffs (Paperback)

Excellent explaination of what constitues value in these stones. Very nice explainations of cut and inclusions. Good discriptions of means for evaluating natural from synthetic stones. A couple more chapters on the more technical aspects of gem formation/classification might have been nice, but this is likely beyond the intended target audience. There is an excellent bibliography. This book alone will vastly improve ones confidence when shopping for these stones. The only real flaw is the scant number of color pictures. Color pictures are present, but more, especially for illustration of flaws and color quality would have been helpful. All in all this text easily rates a VVS2

3.0 out of 5 stars not what I thought it would be, September 12, 2009

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This review is from: The Ruby & Sapphire Buying Guide: How to Spot Value & Ripoffs (Paperback)

I thought it would be more novice type and no so technical. I wanted to learn how to spot the best stones, and qualify the stones I do have. I was not able to do that. David

2.0 out of 5 stars no perks!!!!!!, January 6, 2009

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Ms. Red Hed "Msredhed" (birmingham al) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Ruby & Sapphire Buying Guide: How to Spot Value & Ripoffs (Paperback)

to many black and white pictures!!!!!!!!!!!!book would be better with ALL COLOR pictures to illustrate levels of color?????