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secrets of the gemtradeRichard Wise tells the truth. Secrets of the Gem Trade is the Bible! Straight non-technical talk! The first part of the book concentrates on principles of connoisseurship. The author tells you how to look at a stone, what the critera for evaluation is in faceted stones, cabochons, stars, catseyes, pearls and opals. this is stuff dealers never tell. He even tells you how to evaluate the light your using to look at the stone. Part II contains individual essays of about 40 of the most important gems.
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Secrets Of The Gem Trade really does tell all. It is the first and only book that tells the whole truth and nothing but the truth. I read an excerpt in Colored Stone Magazine (they are excerpting it in every issue for a year) and couldn't believe it. The truth at last. I bought it! I love it! The book semi-precious stones gem trade secrets book I was searching for., June 24, 2005by A. van Acker In Secrets of the Gem Trade (The Connoisseur's Guide to Precious Gemstones) Richard Wise leads you through the swamps of the gem trade.With an almost novelistic penmanship he teaches you how to judge and grade quality in gemstones while clearing some dogma's along the way. Wether you like to know what the best colour is in Tanzanite, or how to grade a Diamond, you will find it in this book. No other book I read before dealt with this topic is such detail as Richard Wise's masterpiece. He will not bore you with large tables of refractive indices, nor will he try to make a gemologist out of you. What he will do is make you an expert on colorgrading and judging quality through good old and fun reading. Not holding back he tells you the secrets of gemdealers and how to act as a pro in the field. This book opened my eyes and titillated my senses to a degree that I wanted to catch a plane to Thailand and try it myself. This extensive work is a must for every professional in the gemstone industry. It should be made mandantory reading for all jewelry appraisal courses and every selfrespecting gemologist should have this book on his desk, not on his shelf. A. van Acker FGA
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Gem Quality; Finally The Whole Truth, August 30, 2003
