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Jade • A Gemologist's Guide
Jade • A Gemologist's Guide
Dominic Mok • Richard Hughes
HK$2,580.00
While the literature on jade is vast, perhaps greater than any other gem, there is a distinct lack of a volume in English that treats jade as a gemological material. This book is designed to fill that gap, co-authored by 23 gemologists and geologists from around the world with extensive information on the history, sources, appraisal and identification of both treated and imitation jades. All of this is together in a single volume for the first time, making it a must-have for collectors, dealers, gemologists, appraisers, curators and anyone else with an interest in this fascinating gem.
An understanding of jade is not limited to the technical or exacting; it also incorporates a feeling for the cultural, textural, and ephemeral qualities that make the study of this gem unlike any other. This volume will not just fill the ˇ§traditional gemologicalˇ¨ gap, but will open readersˇ¦ eyes to a world beyond. Because jade is so much moreˇK
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