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The MicroWorld of Diamonds
Diamonds are without a doubt the single most important gemstone. Most jewelers depend on them for a major portion of their annual income. Diamonds are also one of nature's most unique and intriguing treasures.
The MicroWorld of Diamonds portrays this most unique gem in an entirely different way—through the microscope. Not only are the micro characteristics of nature's diamonds, both in rough and polished form, but the industry-wide problematic areas of diamond enhancement, diamond synthesis, and diamond simulation are also covered extensively.
ISBN 0-964-17335-2
Publisher: Gemworld International, Inc., Northbrook, IL
Hardbound, 10" x 10.5" x 1"
157 p., 400 color plates
$50.00 + tax (where applicable) and shipping
Table of Contents
Foreword
Statement of Purpose
What Do You See?
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction - The Microworld of Diamonds
The Virtues of Gem Quality Diamonds
A Few Words on the Famous Four C's
Microscopy and Photomicrography
Diamonds Tabulated
Diamond Notes
Inclusion Identification
Microscopy and Diamonds
Micro Surfaces on Nature's Diamonds
Micro Interiors on Nature's Diamonds
Micro Evidence of Natural Diamond Enhancement
Micro Features of Gem Quality Synthetic Diamonds
Micro Features of Diamond Simulants
In Conclusion
Terminology
Utilizing a variety of illumination techniques developed or adapted for application to gemological microscopy, John Koivula has thoroughly documented the sometimes colorful and always intriguing microscopic world of natural diamonds and their unnatural relatives. Through a series of 400 specially selected color photographs, The MicroWorld of Diamonds, like no other book, points out in vivid detail, that "the heart of a diamond reflects the beauty of nature."
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