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Jeweller's Directory of Gemstones: A Complete Guide to Appraising and Using Precious Stones, from Cut and Colour to Shape and Setting

 
Jeweller's Directory of Gemstones: A Complete Guide to Appraising and Using Precious Stones, from Cut and Colour to Shape and Setting
   Author: Judith Crowe
By A & C Black Publishers Ltd
Average Customer Rating: Average rating of 5.0/5

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Product Description
This book is a reference book for goldsmiths, collectors and jewellery makers. It is a complete guide to identifying, buying, using and caring for a dazzling array of jewels. The book is filled with illustrations of the various gems and a wide variety of settings to show how modern jewellers are using these gems in their work.
Customer Reviews
Average rating of 5/5 What a pleasant surprise!, 2007-02-26
As someone going to jewellery making classes, I bought this because I thought it would be a useful gemstone reference book, but found it to be much more geared up to jewellery making, which was a really big surprise! It not only tells you how to buy the stones, but has lots of examples of how they are best used in actual jewellery. The photographs are really good - you can see what these stones are supposed to look like in real life. I'd recommend this for anyone doing jewellery who wants to buy and use gems. I've seen a few other gems books but this is by far the best.

Average rating of 5/5 Gemstones, 2009-06-07
A super book that has excellent pictures, descriptions and very informative well worth the read and later reference, for anyone interested in gems

Average rating of 5/5 exploring the gemstones, 2009-06-28
exploring this book you find out the best about the gemstones. Makes you understand and appreciate the presious stones and recognise them easier. Especially if you want to purchase or try to make jewels yourself this is the best book to start using precious stones.

Average rating of 5/5 A Wealth of Knowledge, 2009-08-24
A invaluable guide to gemstones giving a full description of each type of gem and a wealth of information about variation of each stone and their sources. History of stone cuts are given and information on buying gems and synthetic reproductions given.

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Product Information
Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 553.8
EAN: 9780713676563
ISBN: 0713676566
Label: A & C Black Publishers Ltd
Manufacturer: A & C Black Publishers Ltd
Number Of Pages: 176
Publication Date: 2006-09-30
Publisher: A & C Black Publishers Ltd
Studio: A & C Black Publishers Ltd
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