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    Secrets of the Gem Trade: The Connoisseur's Guide to Precious Gemstones by Richard W. Wise

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    • Pub. Date: March 2006
    • 276pp
    • Sales Rank: 114,468

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      • Pub. Date: March 2006
      • Publisher: Brunswick House Press
      • Format: Paperback, 276pp
      • Sales Rank: 114,468

      Synopsis

      The definitive book for anyone wanting to learn how the best gemologists in the world evaluate precious gems, and what makes one stone merely a good stone versus a truly fabulous museum-quality gem. The author, Richard W. Wise, is one of the world's foremost gemologists.

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      ...This book takes a much-needed sledgehammer to the industry's conventional wisdom about what makes a gemstone precious, and in the process builds a solid foundation for anyone who wants to understand the true beauty and value of gemstones

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      Anyone Can write a reviewby PizzaMan

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      October 31, 2009: I note that a reviewer here sites turquoise as a good investment. Well anyone can write a review. 99% of all Turquoise is dyed blue and "stablilized" by filling it with plastic. Good investments. Well I do recall in Dustin Hoffman's classic The Graduate, that one word was "plastics"

      Plastics may have been a good investment in the 60s but turquoise is not. I think that is the reason that Richard Wise left tourquoise out of Secrets of The Gem Trade along with akoya pearls from Japan that are, he tells us not pearls at all, merely highly processed beads that are bleached white then dyed pink.

      Gems as investments, Wise warns us against that. Point is he gives us the real dope and does it in a highly readable and informative manner.

      I Also Recommend: The French Blue.

      We're missing some precious precious here.by Anonymous

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      May 26, 2009: Didn't The Wall Street Journal run out and tell us to invest in diamonds and turquoise as smart precious gemstone buys? Yes it did. The word "turquoise" is tossed into this book twice only. Once in a footnote and once in a paragraph in the beginning. Maybe the author covers turquoise in another book but I think it's a shame it doesn't get the several pages it deserves in this book. Also, I was expecting more for $35.00 dollars-more like a coffee table tome. You can read this in two hours. It left me with a lot of unanswered questions. Back to Google sifting.


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