Second expanded and rewritten edition of the book „Secrets of the Gem Trade, The Connoisseur’s Guide to Precious Gemstones“ by Richard W. Wise

The long-awaited second edition of the book „Secrets of the Gem Trade, The Connoisseur’s Guide to Precious Gemstones“ by Richard W. Wise will be available this summer. It is completely rewritten and includes five new introductory essays, twelve new chapters, and more than 50 additional photographs. The new chapters refer to colorless diamonds, type IIa diamonds, demantoid garnet, natural pearls (two chapters), peridot, jadeite, violet diamonds, red spinel, cobalt blue spinel, moonstone, and sunstone.

 More about the book’s contents you can learn here.