The Perfect Diamond Buying Guide walks you through the entire diamond purchasing experience! Discover how to select the right jeweler, properly examine a diamon

This updated and revised 8th Edition provides concise yet detailed information on diamond quality evaluation, lab-grown diamonds, fakes, gem treatments, cutting

"Finally, one of the top diamond experts breaks the silence and demystifies the world of diamonds for regular folks like you and me."-Gregory J.P. Godek, author

Packed with close-up photographs, this reference shows you how to judge diamonds on the basis of how they look, rather than just on how they are graded. This ha

This guide helps buyers to evaluate these spectacular gems and it updates professionals on new treatments and sources of corundum and emerald. Using close-up ph