Emeralds: A Passionate Guide
- The Emeralds, the People, their Secrets
by Ronald Ringsrud
with a foreword by John Koivula
Emeralds: A Passionate Guide
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| Acknowledgements |
7
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| Foreword |
11
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| Introduction |
14
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| 1. The Romance of Emeralds |
18
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| 2. History of Two Empires: Spain and India |
32
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| 3. The Properties of Emeralds |
64
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| 4. Looking into Emeralds: Optics |
78
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| 5. Exploring the Effects of Light on Emerald Color |
96
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| 6. Learning a System of Color Grading |
112
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| 7. Color Grading of Emeralds |
124
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| 8. Grading the Clarity of Emeralds |
134
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| 9. All About the Clarity Enhancement of Emeralds |
158
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| 10. A Complete Buying Guide for Emeralds |
178
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| 11. Certificates, Reports and Appraisals |
202
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| 12. Gota de Aceite: The Emerald's Added Attraction |
212
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| 13. More Secrets of the Connoisseurs: Old Mine Emeralds |
226
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| 14. Fair Trade Gems, Ethical Emeralds and the Emerald War |
236
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| 15. Colombian Emerald Geology |
250
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| 16. Adventures in the Andes: a Personal Account |
272
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| 17. Major Emerald Sources of the World |
282
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| 18. Buying and Cutting Rough Emeralds |
296
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| 19. The World of Gem People |
318
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| 20. Colored Stone Wisdom: Emeralds in the Stars |
326
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| 21. Collecting Mineral Specimens and Other Rarities |
334
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| 22. Poetry of the Emerald Experience |
350
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| 23. The Medieval Lapidaries |
364
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| Bibliography |
370
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| Appendix |
377
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| Index |
379
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