Colored Gemstones: The Antoinette Matlins Buying Guide : how to Select, Buy, Care for & Enjoy Sapphires, Emeralds, Rubies, and Other Colored Gems with Confidence and Knowledge

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Gemstone Press, 2010 - Antiques & Collectibles - 203 pages

Newly updated and expanded,

COLORED GEMSTONES gives you all the

information you need to buy, collect, sell--

or simply enjoy--sapphires, emeralds, rubies and

other colored gemstones with confidence and knowledge.

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, including:

  • What qualifies as a "gemstone"?
  • * How to evaluate color--and its impact on price.
  • Deciding between a natural gem and an enhanced gem ... and new glass-gemstone compositions.
  • Colored gemstone synthesis 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.
  • Important information about buying on the Internet.
  • ... and much more!

Written by an "insider," this easy-to-read guide is the "unofficial colored gemstone bible" for anyone who wants to get the most for their money and enjoy what they have purchased.

Selected pages

Contents

The Mystery Magic of Colored Gems
3
The First Steps
9
Looking for a Gem Thats a Cut Above
15
Colored Gemstone Synthesis Treatment
49
Fraud Misrepresentation in Colored Gems
65
Colored Gemstone Certificates
85
Buying Colored Gems
97
Colorful Choices in Colored Gemstones
115
What to Ask When Buying the Stone
169
How to Select a Reputable Jeweler
175
ECommerce Online Auctions
185
Caring for Your Gems Jewelry
191
Selected Readings
197
Copyright

Common terms and phrases

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About the author (2010)

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.

Bibliographic information

TitleColored Gemstones: The Antoinette Matlins Buying Guide : how to Select, Buy, Care for & Enjoy Sapphires, Emeralds, Rubies, and Other Colored Gems with Confidence and Knowledge
AuthorAntoinette Leonard Matlins
Editionillustrated
PublisherGemstone Press, 2010
ISBN094376372X, 9780943763729
Length203 pages
Subjects › 

Antiques & Collectibles / Jewelry
Antiques & Collectibles / Reference
Design / Jewelry
Nature / Rocks & Minerals
  
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