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AS its author remarks in the preface, this book “has been written mainly with the ordinary jeweller and dealer in view”. It is, indeed, a praiseworthy attempt to give the otherwise unaided layman a working knowledge of the physical methods and instruments commonly employed in gem testing and also to provide him with the necessary data on which to base his identifications. Mr. Anderson brings to the task a wide experience in gem testing, gemmological teaching and research, and jewellers are indebted to him for making available to them so much of his knowledge of precious stones in a readily assimilable form. There is much useful information for anyone interested in gem-stones, and the book is deserving of a wider public than its title suggests.
Gem Testing for Jewellers
By B. W. Anderson. Pp. 220 (London: Heywood and Co., Ltd., 1942.) 7s. 6d. net.
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Gem Testing for Jewellers. Nature 152, 6 (1943). https://doi.org/10.1038/152006a0
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