Jewellers' quick reference guide to working with gemstones

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Jewellers' quick reference guide to working with gemstones
  • Jewellers' quick reference guide to working with gemstones
  • Jewellers' quick reference guide to working with gemstones
  • Jewellers' quick reference guide to working with gemstones
  • Jewellers' quick reference guide to working with gemstones
  • Jewellers' quick reference guide to working with gemstones

  • Jewellers' quick reference guide to working with gemstones

  • Including some gemmological information but written specifically for jewellers, this guide can live on the bench ready to answer queries when designing or working on a piece of jewellery.
  • £29.99

£29.99

£29.99  

UK - free p&p (please choose this option at checkout) -  please contact me if you would like to buy more than 1 copy

Discounted shipping to Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Belgium, Brazil, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Ireland, Malta, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sweden & Switzerland.  You may have to pay import VAT (and customs duties, if payable) and a handling fee to your local postal service or authorities before delivery can be completed - sometimes this can be prepaid so please email me if you would like me to check for you. These charges will depend on the destination country and the value of your order.  Please note - it is not possible to ship to a PO Box address.

PLEASE NOTE in light of the tariff changes coming in on 29 August 2025, we will sadly be suspending shipping books & gemstones to the USA on 22 August until further notice - Books can still be purchased in the USA through Brickyard Books, Jewelry Arts Inc Tools & Amazon.com

 

If your country is not shown here, please email me and I will be happy to get a shipping quote for you or click here for a list of international stockists.  

 
Jewellers, have you ever experienced that heart-stopping moment when you have accidently damaged a gemstone…
 
As a gemmologist I don't like to see damaged or broken gemstones and as a jeweller I understand how frustrating it can be when that happens, especially when it might be avoided with a little additional knowledge.
 
Covering familiar stones such as amethyst through to the more unusual such as sillimanite, each gemstone has information about its durability and whether it might survive a swipe from a file or abrasive wheel, the pickle pot, repairing or resizing, polishing or cleaning using steam or an ultrasonic cleaner.
 
So, before you throw that gem-set piece of jewellery into the barrel polisher or ultrasonic cleaner or light the torch to resize that ruby ring why not double check if there might be a reason not to…
 
A5 in size with thick, glossy pages and laminated covers front and back to protect it on the bench - wire bound so that it can lay open for easy reference.
 
Each stone has example photo/s and a table showing its durability and which jewellery making processes it may or may not survive and why.  On the opposite page is a description of the stone and  details of any treatments, synthetics or imitations and stones with a similar appearance.
 
Contents
  • How to use the book with explanations for each of the various jewellery making processes
  • Gemmology and how can it help
  • How to use a loupe and tweezers
  • Visual clues of indications how a gemstone may react to the processes (with photos)
  • 130 pages of gemstone information covering more than 110 varieties
  • Gemstone facet names, shapes and cuts
  • Information about casting in place, kiln firing and torch firing
  • Table of gemstones by colour
  • Cleaning gemstone jewellery and care advice for customers
  • Glossary
  • 184 pages in total

 

PLEASE NOTE - if you are colour blind and would like me to annotate the traffic light colour coded tables with symbols in your copy of the book, please let me know in the Special Instructions box at checkout and I'll be happy to do that.