Loupes Made Easy: The "RIGHT-WAY" Guide to Using Gem Identification Tools
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Antoinette Matlins
Antoinette Matlins, P.G., is an internationally respected gem and jewelry expert, author, and lecturer. Honored with the international Accredited Gemologists Association's highest award for excellence in gemology, Ms. Matlins is the author of many books that are widely used throughout the world by consumers and professionals in the gem and jewelry field. Her books include Jewelry & Gems: The Buying Guide (over 400,000 copies now in print—the only book of its kind ever offered by Consumer Reports); Gem Identification Made Easy: A Hands-On Guide to More Confident Buying & Selling; The Pearl Book: The Definitive Buying Guide; Diamonds: The Antoinette Matlins Buying Guide; Engagement & Wedding Rings: The Definitive Buying Guide for People in Love; and Jewelry & Gems at Auction: The Definitive Guide to Buying & Selling at the Auction House & on Internet Auction Sites (all GemStone Press). Former gemology editor of National Jeweler magazine, her articles and comments on buying and selling gems and jewelry and on gem investment have appeared in many national and international consumer and trade publications. She is also the author of the "Gemstones" chapter in the Encyclopedia of Investments, 2nd Edition. Ms. Matlins has gained wide recognition as a dedicated consumer advocate. She has spearheaded the Accredited Gemologists Association's nationwide campaign against gemstone investment telemarketing scams. A popular media guest, she has been seen on ABC, CBS, NBC, and CNN, educating consumers about gems and jewelry and exposing fraud. In addition to her educational work, Ms. Matlins is retained by clients worldwide to seek fine, rare, or unusual gems and jewels for acquisition.
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Loupes Made Easy - Antoinette Matlins
LOUPES
MADE EASY
THE RIGHT-WAY
GUIDE
TO USING GEM IDENTIFICATION TOOLS
ANTOINETTE MATLINS, PG, FGA
GEMSTONE PRESS
Woodstock, Vermont
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About Loupes Made Easy: The RIGHT-WAY
Guide to Using Gem Identification Tools Booklet Series
Gem Identification Made Easy: A Hands-On Guide to Using the ... is an essential booklet series that explains in non-technical terms how to use individual gem identification instruments to identify diamonds and colored gems, and how to separate natural gems from imitations, treated gemstones, synthetics, and look-alikes. The approach is direct and practical, and its style is easy to understand. In fact, with these highly accessible guide booklets, anyone can begin to master gem identification. The booklet series is based on the bestselling book Gem Identification Made Easy, 5th Edition: A Hands-On Guide to More Confident Buying & Selling by Antoinette Matlins, PG, FGA, and A. C. Bonanno, FGA, ASA, MGA.
Using a simple, step-by-step system developed by the authors, the series explains how to properly use essential but uncomplicated instruments to identify gems by explaining what to look for gemstone by gemstone. The key to avoiding costly mistakes and recognizing profitable opportunities is knowing both what to look for and what to look out for. In total, it is a basic introduction to gem identification that will enable anyone interested in gems to understand how to identify them.
The Concepts
Each booklet in the series explores one or more gem identification instrument, and provides an overview of when and why to use them, step-by-step instructions on how to use each, and what will be shown—or not be shown. It guides the reader on using each instrument with any precious gemstones they are trying to identify.
Topics Covered in Loupes Made Easy: The RIGHT-WAY
Guide to Using Gem Identification Tools Booklet Series:
Chelsea Filter and Synthetic Emerald Filter
Dichroscope
Loupe and Dark-field Loupe
Refractometer
SSEF Diamond-Type Spotter and SSEF Blue Diamond Tester
Ultraviolet Lamp
Contents
The Loupe and Dark-field Loupe
What Is a Loupe?
How to Use the Loupe
Lighting and the Loupe
What the Loupe Can Show You
Diamond Inclusions and Blemishes
Inclusions and Surface Features in Colored Gems
Surface Characteristics Seen When Examining Pearls
What Is a Dark-field Loupe?
How to Use the Dark-field Loupe
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The loupe and dark-field loupe
WHAT IS A LOUPE?
The loupe is the most widely used and most familiar gem-identification instrument. It is the first of the three most essential pocket instruments, which, just as they sound, are small enough to be carried in a pocket.
The loupe is simply a special type of magnifier. Loupes come in various powers of magnification: 6X, 10X, 14X, 20X, and 24X. A 6X loupe, for example, presents an image six times larger than what is being viewed. For gem identification, the loupe must be a Hastings triplet-type in a black housing—not gold or chrome-plated. We recommend 10X power for reasons we explain below.
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