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Colored Gemstones 4th Edition: The Antoinette Matlins Buying Guide-How to Select, Buy, Care for & Enjoy Sapphires, Emeralds, Rubies and Other Colored
All the information readers need to buy beautiful colored gemstones with confidence, now updated and expanded With...
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All the information readers need to buy beautiful colored gemstones with confidence, now updated and expanded
With more varieties than ever before to choose from, including altogether new gems, revolutionary new cuts and new ways to buy gems--such as Internet auctions and TV shopping--there has never been a more exciting time to buy or collect colored gemstones. But there are also new high-tech treatments and sophisticated frauds to look out for. Lack of information, error or misrepresentation can make the thrill of buying a gem or piece of jewelry confusing, intimidating, overwhelming and costly. Buyers need a source of expert guidance. This practical, comprehensive, easy-to-understand guide provides all the information you need in order to know what to look for, and what to look out for
Selected contents:
- The mystery and magic of colored gemstones
- How to evaluate color--and its impact on price -
- Clarity: How inclusions increase or decrease value
- Deciding between a natural gem and an enhanced gem
- Colored gemstone synthesis and treatment
- Fraud and misrepresentation
- Buying colored gems
- Colorful gemstone choices
- What to ask when buying the stone
- How to select a reputable jeweler
- Choosing the appraiser and insurer
- Price guides
Author: Antoinette Matlins
Publisher: Gemstone Press
Published: 07/08/2016
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9780990415275
About the Author
Matlins, Antoinette: -
Antoinette Matlins, PG, FGA, is an internationally respected gem and jewelry expert, author and lecturer. With over 1 million copies of her seven books in print in nine languages, she is the most widely read author in the world on the subject of jewelry and gems. Honored with the international Accredited Gemologists Association's highest award for excellence in gemology, Ms. Matlins' books are widely used throughout the world by consumers and professionals in the gem and jewelry field. Her books include Jewelry & Gems: The Buying Guide (over 400,000 copies now in print--the only book of its kind ever offered by Consumer Reports); Colored Gemstones: The Antoinette Matlins Buying Guide; The Pearl Book: The Definitive Buying Guide; Gem Identification Made Easy; Engagement & Wedding Rings: The Definitive Buying Guide for People in Love; and Jewelry & Gems at Auction: The Definitive Guide to Buying & Selling at the Auction House & on Internet Auction Sites (all GemStone Press).
Former gemology editor of National Jeweler magazine, her articles and comments on buying and selling gems and jewelry and on gem investment have appeared in many national and international consumer and trade publications. She is also the author of the "Gemstones" chapter in the Encyclopedia of Investments, second edition.
Ms. Matlins has gained wide recognition as a dedicated consumer advocate, and continues to spearhead the Accredited Gemologists Association's nationwide campaign against gemstone investment telemarketing scams and other types of consumer misrepresentation. A popular media guest, she has been seen on ABC, CBS, NBC and CNN, educating consumers about gems and jewelry and exposing fraud.
In addition to her educational work, Ms. Matlins is retained by clients worldwide to seek fine, rare or unusual gems and jewels for acquisition.
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