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Jewelry & Gems The Buying Guide

How to Buy Diamonds, Pearls, Precious and Other Popular Gems with Confidence and Knowledge

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  1. Antoinette Leonard Matlins

    1. South Woodstock, USA

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  2. Antonio C. Bonanno
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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Getting to Know Gems

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Becoming Intimate with Gems

      • Antoinette Leonard Matlins, Antonio C. Bonanno
      Pages 3-8

    3. Factors of Importance-an Overview

      • Antoinette Leonard Matlins, Antonio C. Bonanno
      Pages 9-16

  3. Diamonds

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 17-17
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    2. The Magic of Diamonds

      • Antoinette Leonard Matlins, Antonio C. Bonanno
      Pages 19-21

    3. The Importance of Cut and Proportion

      • Antoinette Leonard Matlins, Antonio C. Bonanno
      Pages 23-32

    4. Body Color

      • Antoinette Leonard Matlins, Antonio C. Bonanno
      Pages 33-39

    5. The Effect of Flaws

      • Antoinette Leonard Matlins, Antonio C. Bonanno
      Pages 41-48

    6. Weight

      • Antoinette Leonard Matlins, Antonio C. Bonanno
      Pages 49-53

    7. How to Spot a Fraud

      • Antoinette Leonard Matlins, Antonio C. Bonanno
      Pages 55-71

    8. Bait or Flamboyant Advertising

      • Antoinette Leonard Matlins, Antonio C. Bonanno
      Pages 73-75

    9. What to Ask When Buying a Diamond

      • Antoinette Leonard Matlins, Antonio C. Bonanno
      Pages 77-84

  4. Colored Gemstones

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 85-85
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    2. The Mystery and Magic of Colored Gems

      • Antoinette Leonard Matlins, Antonio C. Bonanno
      Pages 87-92

    3. Determining Value in Colored Gems

      • Antoinette Leonard Matlins, Antonio C. Bonanno
      Pages 93-104

    4. Fraud and Misrepresentation in Colored Gems

      • Antoinette Leonard Matlins, Antonio C. Bonanno
      Pages 105-119

    5. Buying Colored Gems

      • Antoinette Leonard Matlins, Antonio C. Bonanno
      Pages 121-136

    6. Precious Gemstones

      • Antoinette Leonard Matlins, Antonio C. Bonanno
      Pages 137-143

    7. Other Colored Gems

      • Antoinette Leonard Matlins, Antonio C. Bonanno
      Pages 145-172
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About this book

to this edition In working with my own clients to acquire gemstones and jewelry since this book was first published in 1984, they have pointed out that most people buy "jewelry" and not "gemstones." Because the book offers so much practical advice and money-saving tips about buying jewelry, they urged me to change the title. So, in this edition The Complete Guide to Buying Gems has been changed to Jewelry & Gems: The Buying Guide. Consumer and professional response to the book has been very gratifying. Almost 14,000 hardcover copies are in circulation. We have received hundreds of letters, phone calls and in-person comments about the helpfulness and interesting information it provides. We thank you for encouraging us to make the book more widely available by bringing out this softcover edition. We have taken the opportunity of this softcover edition to update the price guides for diamonds and colored gemstones and, in light of the increase in both the popularity and price of pearls, to add a price guide for them in the "Guide to Popular Gems and Their Prices." Also, we want to take this opportunity to comment further on gem invest­ ment, taking into account major developments since the original manuscript was written in 1980.
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Authors and Affiliations

  • South Woodstock, USA

    Antoinette Leonard Matlins

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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Jewelry & Gems The Buying Guide

  • Book Subtitle: How to Buy Diamonds, Pearls, Precious and Other Popular Gems with Confidence and Knowledge

  • Authors: Antoinette Leonard Matlins, Antonio C. Bonanno

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-7463-3

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Antoinette B. Leonard Matlins 1989

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-943-76301-9Published: 30 January 1988

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-011-7463-3Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 208

  • Topics: Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary

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