
The Diamond Formula
Diamond Synthesis: A Gemmological Perspective
Amanda S. Barnard(Author)
NAG Press
Published on 1. April 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
176 pages
978-0-7198-0381-9 (ISBN)
Description
"The Diamond Formula" offers the diamond industry and all interested parties a comprehensive text on synthetic diamonds, joining together the research, achievements, theories, experimental and analytical data by recognized experts in the field, while encompassing a gemmological interpretation.This book offers the average gemmologist, gemmological student or interested party a concise and easy-to-decipher overview of diamonds to date. Each of the elements and various topics have at some time been the subject of a lengthy and detailed text in their own right, and references are used to ensure that the reader can follow up these leads. The text also includes the history of diamond synthesis, commercial applications, gemmological properties and much more.
Reviews / Votes
"'This must be the most comprehensive book on diamond synthesis written to date...a must-have text'. Jewellery Time, 2000"More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
The Crowood Press Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
52 b/w half tone & line illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-7198-0381-9 (9780719803819)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Previous edition
Book
12/1999
Butterworth-Heinemann
€42.08
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Person
Amanda S. Barnard is a winner of the prestigious Sutherland Diamond Medallion, and is currently working towards her PhD in Physics.