1984 Butterworth Publisher. First Edition. Clean and unmarked, edges slightly age tanned. Dust jacket clean and bright, glossy surface scratched, edge ware. Proceeds benefit Oro Valley Public Library.

Gemstone Enhancement: Heat, Irradiation, Impregnation, Dyeing, and Other Treatments Which Alter the Appearance of Gemstones, and the Detection of Su

Science & Math

NASSAU, KURT

Biological Sciences

Butterworth-Heinemann

An updated and revised second edition of the acclaimed classic Have you ever wondered why the sky is blue, or a ruby red? This classic volume studies the physical and chemical origins of color by exploring fifteen separate causes of color and their varied and often subtle occurrences in biology, geology, mineralogy, the atmosphere, technology, and the visual arts. It covers all of the fundamental concepts at work and requires no specialized knowledge. Author Kurt Nassau includes hundreds of illustrations, tables, and photographs-as well as end-of-chapter problems-that aid in visualizing the concepts discussed. An updated bibliography permits readers to pursue their own particular interests and an expanded series of appendices cover advanced topics. The Physics and Chemistry of Color, Second Edition is a one-of-a-kind treatment of color that provides both detailed physical and chemical properties of color and a more general overview of the subject. It will prove highly useful to specialists and non-specialists alike-and fascinate those with varied interests from optics to art history.

The Physics and Chemistry of Color, 2nd Edition

Chemistry

Wiley-Interscience

Not ex-library. Dust cover torn, book itself has markings of previous owner on inside pages and dedication page, otherwise pages are tight, clean and unmarked with slight yellowing around the edges

The Physics and Chemistry of Color: The Fifteen Causes of Color

Experiments and activities reinforce a general discussion of the properties of light, the electromagnetic spectrum, and color vision, that also outlines the fifteen ways in which electron interactions result in color.

Experimenting With Color (Venture Book)

Children's Books

Franklin Watts

This is the second edition of Nassau's important work on the methods of modifying and enhancing gemstones and of treatments available to enhance the colour and appearance of gemstones. This includes various types of irradiation and heat treatment, colourless impregnations, bleaching, dyeing, diffusion and other processes. Some of these processes date back at least two thousand years; others are of quite recent origin. The book covers such advances as glass and plastic filling of diamonds and other gemstones, the large expansion in the use of both heat and irradiation treatments and the efforts to keep up identification procedures with the advances in treatments. Gemstone Enhancement is written for gemmologists to simplify their work: by knowing the details of the possible treatment techniques, the treatments that have been applied to the gemstone under study can be more readily recognized. Collectors, dealers, jewellers, appraisers, pawnbrokers and others interested in gemstones will also gain added insight from knowing the range of possible treatments. All the fundamental concepts are covered, so only a general knowledge of gems is required of the reader.

Gemstone Enhancement, Second Edition

Earth Sciences

PP xviii + 364 with 34 color photos on 8 bound-in glossy pages; 214 b&w illus; 38 tables. "By far the most important compilation on synthetic gem materials yet to appear in any language. While the writing is factual, it is by no means dry and in fact is often entertaining and above all, understandable without much special technical knowledge being required on the part of the reader". (Sinkankas #4699)

Gems Made by Man

Gemological Inst of Amer

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