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This book is totaly awesome. I have been buying and selling stones for 30 years and 7 years ago I came across this book. It is the best handy guide I have and I use it daily. In fact, I have been given stones without a clue as to what they were and the book helped me discover that i had Axinite. A rare stone no one wanted in my town because it looked like brown quartz and had no name. Now that i found out what it is and i know it's worth a lot. With the help of the book, I bought the entire lot of Axinite and as a bonus i found it has an interesting color change if facet cut. Now i need an Axinite cutter! I want to reccomend this book to anyone wanting to learn about precious gemstones and the treatments used in todays market. Also a lot of scientific data helpful when trying to identify a stone. If you ever have a request let us know we are available to meet your request. Thank you, ThairockshopRead full review
This is a perfect travel sized handbook with excellent color photos and gemstone data to help you make a positive Identification. not only does it cover the very common precious gemstones but lesser known semi precious gems this handbook is a great piece of reference material but is also so easy to follow that it would make for a great introduction of gems to children as well
THIS BOOK IS CHOCK FULL OF INFORMATION ABOUT ALL OF THE MOST POPULAR GEMSTONES AND EVEN SOME MORE RARE ONES. IT HAS MORE PICTURES THAN MOST OF THESE GEMSTONE GUIDE BOOKS, WHICH IS AN ADDED TOOL FOR IDENTIFICATION AS WELL AS GIVING YOU SOMETHING LOVELY TO LOOK AT.THE MORE HOURS WE SPEND LOOKING AT GEMSTONES AND PICTURES OF THEM, THE CLOSER WE GET TO ABILITY TO ID MORE ACCURATELY. .IT ALSO GIVES YOU AN INDICATION OF WHAT COLOR SATURATION AND NUMBER OF INCLUSIONS ARE ACCEPTABLE WITHIN THE STONE YOU ARE GETTING TO KNOW. THERE IS ALSO A LOTTA INFORMATION IN THE BOOK ITSELF. YOU WON'T BE SORRY..AS THEY SAY, YOU CAN STUDY A COLORED GEMSTONES AND DIAMONDS A LIFETIME AND STILL LEARN SOMETHING NEW EVERYDAY. THE MORE YOU KNOW, THE MORE LOVELY YOUR STONES BECOME...AND WITH THIS BOOK YOU ARE SURE TO FIND PLENTY NEW DESIRABLE TO LOOK FOR ON EBAY, BY KEYING LOOSE GEMSTONES, THEN ENTERING THE STONE YOU FOUND IN THIS BOOK...THANKS, TERIRead full review
A very great help to Gem collectors and ext. ! Would recommend it to anyone who enjoys the study of Gemstones ~ I sure have enjoyed my book~ Hope you do too ~
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This covers 95% of the stones you will encounter in the gemstone market. Even Australian opals and Tanzanian Tanzanites are covered in the book. Each page is full of info and statistics to help identify if your hunch is correct. From quartz to the precious metals and diamonds. This is an all around top choice for gem books i have ever used and i still use it daily.
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