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
