Provides a complete coverage to the tremendous range of treatments available to enhance the colour and appearance of gemstones. This includes various types of irradiation and heat treatments, colourless impregnations, bleaching, dyeing, diffusion and other processes. Some of these processes date back at least 2000 years, others are of quite recent origin. This edition includes advances such as glass and plastic filling of diamonds and other gemstones, the large expansion in the use of both heat and irradiation treatments ...
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Provides a complete coverage to the tremendous range of treatments available to enhance the colour and appearance of gemstones. This includes various types of irradiation and heat treatments, colourless impregnations, bleaching, dyeing, diffusion and other processes. Some of these processes date back at least 2000 years, others are of quite recent origin. This edition includes advances such as glass and plastic filling of diamonds and other gemstones, the large expansion in the use of both heat and irradiation treatments and the efforts to keep up identification procedures with the advances in treatments.
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Add this copy of Gemstone Enhancement: History, Science and State of the to cart. $224.95, good condition, Sold by Salish Sea Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Bellingham, WA, UNITED STATES, published 1994 by Butterworth-Heinemann Publishing.
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Good; Softcover; Covers are still glossy with a number of small scratches and handling-marks; Unblemished textblock edges; The endpapers and all text pages are clean and unmarked; The binding is good with a straight spine; This book will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Medium Format (8.5"-9.75" tall); 1.2 lbs; White covers with photo of bluish gemstones & title in blue lettering; 2nd Edition; 1994, Butterworth-Heinemann Publishing; 252 pages; "Gemstone Enhancement: History, Science and State of the Art, " by Kurt Nassau.
Add this copy of Gemstone Enhancement: History, Science and State of the to cart. $247.50, good condition, Sold by Salish Sea Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Bellingham, WA, UNITED STATES, published 1994 by Butterworth-Heinemann Publishing.
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Good+; Softcover; Covers are still glossy with a few light handling-marks; Minor soiling to the textblock edges; The endpapers and all text pages are clean and unmarked; The binding is good with a straight spine; This book will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Medium Format (8.5"-9.75" tall); White covers with photo of bluish gemstones & title in blue lettering; 2nd Edition; 1994, Butterworth-Heinemann Publishing; 252 pages; "Gemstone Enhancement: History, Science and State of the Art, " by Kurt Nassau.
