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title: "Secrets of the Gem Trade: The Connoisseur's Guide to Precious Gemstones Hardcover – December 1, 2016"
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# Secrets of the Gem Trade: The Connoisseur's Guide to Precious Gemstones Hardcover – December 1, 2016

**Brand:** richard w wise
**Price:** € 196.82
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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Informative.
*by S***T on December 21, 2024*

I’m studying to get GIA certified and into the gem business. Making jewelry, being able to recognize the quality of the gemstones I use or helping others. This book gives you a look inside the industry. I enjoyed it. Will add to my study books.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The 2nd Edition, A Must For All Gem Lovers
*by M***D on October 30, 2017*

Secrets of the Gem Trade: The Connoisseur's Guide to Precious GemstonesI am a Graduate Gemologist and have been a professional gem dealer now for thirty years and I can say with some authority that Richard Wise’s Secrets Of The Gem Trade (2nd Edition) is purely and simply a masterpiece. The first edition was excellent; the 2nd edition is even better. The author has revised and enlarged the book adding eleven additional chapters almost two hundred new photographs.It is truly the connoisseur’s guide, but the word should not put off the potential reader. Part of what makes the book so useful is that it is written in straight, easily understandable, non-technical language. I recommended the book to all my jeweler clients as an indispensible training tool for themselves, their staffs and as the perfect gift book to pass along to their gem loving clients.The second edition is sumptuously produced, beautifully bound with accurate, spot varnished color photographs of some of the world’s most fabulous gems. Secrets Of The Gem Trade is a gem lover’s delight.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A magnificent tribute to diamonds and gems - buy it, read it, share it. It's that good.
*by E***Y on November 21, 2016*

Many years ago I started a business that appraises, sources and purchases and sells fine jewelry for private clients. It was at the end of a long road and steep learning curve of developing appraisal skills and more importantly learning about the evaluation of diamonds, gems and jewelry. This included time spent studying gemology at the GIA in Carlsbad and Chicago in person and online. I wish I had seen this book before I started down that road as it is the bible of the gem business. For the professional, and the person just interested in gems, this beautifully printed and presented book is teeming with knowledge (hard-won) and images of astounding jewels. While at the GIA the only gems we touched were tiny samples, here are magnificent, perfectly photographed examples of the gems we get to learn so well. I encourage you to purchase this book, it brings to life the truly beautiful aspects of our world in an easily digested format. Buy it also as a gift for people, clients, friends, who have an interest in diamonds and gems; it will be much appreciated.

## Frequently Bought Together

- Secrets of the Gem Trade: The Connoisseur's Guide to Precious Gemstones
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