Diamond Ring Buying Guide: How to Identify, Evaluate & Select the Best Diamonds & Diamond Jewelry

This updated and revised Diamond Ring Buying Guide: 8th Edition provides concise yet detailed information on diamond quality evaluation, lab-grown diamonds, fakes, gem treatments, cutting styles, gold, platinum, palladium, silver, alternative metals, settings, ring selection, diamond grading reports, gem care and buying tips. Written in clear, everyday English, with lots of color photos, the book shows you step-by-step how to evaluate diamonds and settings. It has helped thousands of diamond buyers make smart choices and is a useful reference for jewelry salespeople when answering customers’ questions about diamonds, precious metals and settings.A Gems & Gemology review described the previous edition of the Diamond Ring Buying Guide as “An entire course on judging diamonds in 155 pages of well-organized information . . . the book serves as a checklist for the purchase, mounting and care of a diamond. The photos are excellent.” Brides magazine wrote: “Want to feel truly confident in the jewelry store? Read the Diamond Ring Buying Guide by an industry insider, which will teach you how to judge a quality diamond. What We Love: The seriously savvy shopping tips and the massive color photos that reveal what diamonds look like under a loupe.” Trade paperback, 6" X 9," 264 photos plus diagrams, charts, tables and quizzes.
The Diamond Ring Buying Guide: 8th Edition is a full-color book that provides concise yet detailed information on diamond quality evaluation, lab-grown diamonds, fakes, gem treatments, cutting styles, gold, platinum, palladium, silver, alternative metals, settings, ring selection, diamond grading reports, gem care and buying tips. It’s a visual guide that helps you select the best diamonds and mounting for your budget and needs.