Gemstones

Häftad, Engelska, 2011

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Beskrivning

Gemstones is the first attempt in English to bring together the geological, mineralogical and gemmological developments that have taken place during the last thirty years. Ease of reference and depth of coverage make Gemstones both a reference book and a bench book.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2011-10-12
Mått:155 x 235 x 25 mm
Vikt:586 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:372
Förlag:Springer
ISBN:9789401070300

Utforska kategorier

Referensverk och tvärvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik

Innehållsförteckning

1 Formation and occurrence of gemstones.- 1.1 Formation of inclusions.- 1.2 Inclusions in the major gemstones.- 1.3 Photographing inclusions.- 2 The nature of gemstones.- 2.1 Valency.- 2.2 Bonding.- 2.3 The building blocks of crystals.- 2.4 Polymorphism and isomorphism.- 2.5 The classification of minerals.- 2.6 Crystal structure.- 2.7 Properties of crystals.- 2.8 Gem crystals.- 3 Gem testing.- 3.1 Hardness.- 3.2 Gemstones and light.- 3.3 Specific gravity.- 4 Recent developments in gem testing.- 4.1 Thermal conductivity.- 4.2 Measurement of refractive index.- 4.3 Measurement of reflectivity.- 4.4 Surface assessment.- 4.5 X-ray topography.- 4.6 The electron microscope.- 4.7 The electron microprobe.- 4.8 Electron paramagnetic resonance.- 4.9 Energy dispersive X-ray spectrophotometry.- 4.10 UV spectrophotometry.- 5 Colour.- 5.1 The physics of colour.- 5.2 The chemistry of colour.- 5.3 Colour filters.- 5.4 The spectroscope.- 5.5 Alteration of colour.- 6 Fashioning.- 6.1 Fashioning of diamond.- 6.2 Other stones.- 7 Gemstones in commerce.- 7.1 Diamond grading.- 7.2 Buying gemstones.- 8 Descriptive section: inorganic materials.- 9 Descriptive section: organic materials.- 10 Synthetic and imitation stones.- 10.1 Crystal growth from solution.- 10.2 Growth by flame-fusion.- 10.3 Hydrothermal growth.- 10.4 Crystal pulling.- 10.5 Flux-melt growth.- 10.6 Manufacture of important stones.- 10.7 Composites.- 10.8 Glass.- 10.9 Metals.- 10.10 Ceramics.- 10.11 Plastics.- Appendix A Identification tables.- A1 Specific gravity.- A2 Refractive index.- A3 Birefringence.- A4 Dispersion.- A5 Hardness.- A6 Cleavage.- A7 Less common and trade names.- Appendix B Useful sources of information.- Appendix C Birthstones.