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The following is a list of gemstone, gemology and jewelry books I own and like — linked, if it’s available on Amazon. I will eventually add a wishlist of books I’m hoping to get, or can’t yet afford (*cough*Photoatlas of Inclusions in Gemstones*cough*). If it’s listed here, I recommend it and encourage you to pick up a copy!

  • 500 Gemstone Jewels: A Sparkling Collection of Dazzling Designs
    by Lark Books
  • 1000 Rings: Inspiring Adornments for the Hand
    by Marthe Le Van and Robert W. Ebendorf
  • 7000 Years of Jewelry
    by Hugh Tait
  • Antique Trader Jewelry Price Guide
    by Kyle Husfloen
  • Art Deco Jewelry: Modernist Masterworks and their Makers
    by Evelyne Posseme
  • Art Nouveau Jewelry
    by Vivienne Becker
  • Color Encyclopedia of Gemstones
    by Dr. Joel Arem
  • The Curious Lore of Precious Stones
    by George Frederick Kunz
  • Diamond Handbook: A Practical Guide to Diamond Evaluation
    by Renee Newman
  • Gem Identification Made Easy, Fourth Edition: A Hands-on Guide to More Confident Buying & Selling
    by Antoinette Leonard Matlins and Antonio C. Bonanno
  • Gemmology
    by Peter G. Read
  • Gems and Crystals: From the American Museum of Natural History
    by Anna S. Sofianides and George E. Harlow
  • Gems and Gemstones: Timeless Natural Beauty of the Mineral World
    by Lance Grande
  • Gems in Myth, Legend and Lore Revised Edition
    by Bruce G. Knuth
  • Gems: Their Sources, Descriptions, and Identification (4th Ed)
    by Robert Webster
  • Gemstone Buying Guide, Second Edition: How to Evaluate, Identify, Select & Care for Colored Gems
    by Renee Newman
  • Gemstones of the World
    by Walter Schumann
  • Gemstones: Symbols of Beauty and Power
    by Eduard J. Gubelin
  • Gemstones: Understanding, Identifying, Buying
    by Keith Wallis
  • The Jeweler’s Directory of Gemstones: A Complete Guide to Appraising and Using Precious Stones From Cut and Color to Shape and Settings
    by Judith Crowe
  • Manual of Mineralogy, after J.D. Dana (21st edition)
    by Cornelis Klein and Cornelius S. Hurlbut, Jr.
  • Masterpieces of the Mineral World: Treasures from the Houston Museum of Natural Science
    by Wendell E. Wilson, Joel A. Bartsch and Mark Mauthner
  • MicroWorld of Diamonds:A Visual Reference
    by John I. Koivula
  • The National Gem Collection
    by Jeffrey E. Post
  • Pearls
    by Hubert Bari, David Lam and Katrina Fried
  • PRECIOUS STONES: A Popular Account Of Their Characters, Occurrence, And Applications
    by Dr. Max Bauer
  • Rare Gemstones: How to Identify, Evaluate and Care for Unusual Gems
    by Renee Newman
  • Rock and Gem
    by Ronald Bonewitz (Smithsonian/DK)
  • The Spectroscope and Gemmology
    by Basil Anderson and James Payne, edited by R. Keith Mitchell
  • Understanding Jewellery
    by David Bennett
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  • Topazius Celebrating ancient jewelry (and archaeological-revival styles) — visual archives and occasional articles.

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My Other Jewelry Blog

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Favorite Haunts

  • Antique Jewelry University
  • Gemological Institute of America
  • Gemology Online
  • GO Forums
  • Lang Antiques
  • The Ganoksin Project

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Roxy Ann Gem & Mineral Society

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