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Colored Gemstones, 2nd Edition: The Antoinette Matlins Buying Guide: How to Select, Buy, Care for & Enjoy Sapphires, Emeralds, Rubies and Other Colored Gemstones
Colored Gemstones 2nd Edition The Antoinette Matlins Buying Guide How to Select Buy Care for Enjoy Sapphires Emeralds Rubies and Other Colored Gemstones Author:Antoinette L. Matlins Practical, comprehensive, and easy to understand, the guide offers in depth all the information you need in order to know what to look for and what to look out for, including: what qualifies as a 'gemstone'?; how to evaluate colour - and its impact on price; deciding between a natural gem and an enhanced gem; coloured gemstone synthesis ... more »and treatment; what to ask when buying the stone; what to get in writing; how to get what you want within your budget; price guides for popular gems, opals, and synthetic stones; And much, much more!« less