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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
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 Author:Antoinette PG Matlins 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... more » 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!
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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