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Below are some books and guides about lapidary.
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By Arthur L. Riggle
Gembooks
Paperback (30 pages)
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Learn to cut cabochons and small flats using diamond abrasives. This helpful little book is jam-packed with information. You will learn different methods of preparing cabochons with diamond abrasives such as sawing, trimming, dopping, grinding, smoothing and polishing. Equipment and accessories are also covered in depth. Photographs and illustrations throughout give you a clear understanding of the topics being discussed. A perfect accompaniment to your new gem cutting machine! |
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By Pansy D. Kraus
FW MEDIA INC.
Paperback (208 pages)
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Covers the processes, tools and equipment for every branch of lapidary art. Designed to help the reader choose a technique, get started the right way, and determine which tools will-work best. |
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By Antoinette L. Matlins
Gemstone Pr
Hardcover (270 pages)
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Contents: Setting Up a Basic Lab; Proper Lighting; How to Use Each Instrument & What It Will Show; Major Errors and How to Correct Them, and more. Appendixes: Charts & Tables of Gemstone Properties, Schools, Laboratories, Associations and Publications, Readings. Glossary. Index. |
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By Anna M. Miller
Gemstone Press
Hardcover (256 pages)
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This new edition covers all the standards, procedures, and ethics of appraising gems, jewelry, and other valuables. Each step involved in conducting an appraisal is fully explained, with photos, case studies, key documents, worksheets and pricing data included. Registered Master Valuer Anna M Miller gives professional guidance and step-by-step instructions on how to: build a clientele; set fees; get publicity; handle insurance replacement claims; photograph gems and jewellery; research and write reports; test metals; research provenance; master the different approaches to valuation; use price guides; and, understand legal and ethical aspects of appraising. This resource offers all the information that practising or aspiring appraisal professionals will need to establish an appraisal business, handle various kinds of appraisals, and provide an accurate, verifiable estimate of value. |
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By Herbert Scarfe
Batsford
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By Tracy Gallup
Mackinac Island Press
Released: 2007-04-10
Hardcover (40 pages)
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Some people are crazy about stones. For them, a simple stone can be an object of profound beauty, and treasured for the mystery it holds inside. Gracing each page is one of Tracy Gallup's handmade figures joined with an uncommonly beautiful stone to tell a compelling story that will capture the hearts of children and adults. When stones speak to you, do you listen? Are you stone crazy? |
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By David Federman
Springer
Hardcover (253 pages)
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This book is the answer to the need for concise market overviews of traditional and less traditional colored stones to help jewelers with buying, sales training and customer education. Illustrated. |
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By Kristin Joyce
Simon & Schuster
Hardcover (256 pages)
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A visually stunning, one-of-a-kind history of the shimmering, lustrous object of beauty that has mesmerized humankind for millennia. Featuring 210 superb photographs, 168 in full color, Pearls traces the evolution of the pearl from sacred icon to timeless aesthetic symbol, a history that spans 4,000 years. Shrink-wrapped. |
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By June Culp Zeitner
Geoscience Press,U.S.
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By Benjamin Zucker
Thames & Hudson
Hardcover (248 pages)
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Gems and jewels have, since the beginnings of civilization, been prized as tokens of love, as symbols of wealth and social status, or as objects endowed with magical or religious significance. In Gems and Jewels, internationally renowned gem expert and dealer Benjamin Zucker reveals much of the history and mystique surrounding these precious objects.
Divided into chapters devoted to rubies, sapphires, emeralds, white diamonds and colored diamonds, pearls, amber, lapis lazuli, jade, turquoise, opals, and garnets, Gems and Jewels features compelling descriptions and insights into the chemical composition of these stones, the methods and styles of cutting them in different periods, discussions of outstanding specimen stones-such as the Tiffany diamond-and comparisons of key differences in shades of color within one type of gemstone-as in the case of opals from Australia and Mexico, and sapphires from Kashmir and Ceylon.
A gorgeous illustrated book for lovers of gems and jewels and an important volume for professionals, this unique volume also provides the vital clues that enable the expert eye to distinguish between natural and synthetic stones, and between natural and cultured pearls, and also supplies guidelines on methods of grading and on relative market values. |
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