This guide provides concise, interesting and practical details on
uncommon gems that are now being used by designers to create
distinctive jewelry. It not only lists the identification
properties of the gems, but tells you where they are found, how
they are used, why they are unique, how they are priced, and how to
care for them. High quality photos show the different colors,
cutting styles and varieties of each gem and give you ideas on how
each can be used creatively in jewelry. Written in a succinct,
user-friendly style, this is a companion book to Newman's "Gemstone
Buying Guide" and an ideal reference for jewelers, sales
associates, appraisers, gem collectors, gemology students, gem
dealers and consumers. The following gems are discussed and
illustrated in Rare Gemstones: amblygonite, andalusite, apatite,
aragonite, axinite, azurite, benitoite, bixbite, brazilianite,
bronzite, calcite, cobaltocalcite, charoite, chrysocolla, cuprite,
danburite, diaspore, diopside, dumortierite, enstatite, epidote,
fluorite, gaspeite, hauyne, hematite, hemimorphite, howlite,
idocrase, jeremejevite, kornerupine, kyanite, larimar, lepidolite,
magnesite, marcasite, maw-sit-sit, moldavite, obsidian, pectolite,
phenakite, phosphosiderite, prehnite, psilomelane, pyrite, red
beryl, rhodochrosite, rhodonite, scapolite, scheelite, seraphinite,
serpentine, sodalite, sillimanite, smithsonite, sphalerite, sphene,
sugilite, taaffeite, titanite, tugtupite, unakite, variscite,
vesuvianite and zultanite.