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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
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...
Published on January 26, 1999
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3.0 out of 5 stars
not what I thought it would be
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
Published on September 12, 2009 by David Oxford
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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,
By A Customer
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,
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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!!!!!!,
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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?????
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The Ruby & Sapphire Buying Guide: How to Spot Value & Ripoffs by Renée Newman (Paperback - June 1994)
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