Recommended Books on Gemology

Must reads if you’re serious about developing your knowledge of gemstones

Anderson, Basil W. (1990) Gem Testing. Rev. by E. A. Jobbins. Butterworth, London. ISBN: 0-408-02320-1

Anderson, Basil W., and James Payne (1998) The Spectroscope and Gemmology. GemStone Press, Woodstock, Vermont. ISBN: 0-943-76318-5

Bruton, Eric (1978) Diamonds. Chilton Book Co., Radnor, Pennsylvania. ISBN: 0801967899

Campbell Pedersen, Maggie (2004) Gem and Ornamental Materials of Organic Origin. Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford, England. ISBN: 0-750-65852-5

Davies, Gordon (1984) Diamond. A. Hilger, Bristol, England. ISBN: 0852745125

Field, J.E., ed. (1992) Properties of natural and synthetic diamond. Academic Press, London and New York. ISBN: 0122553527

Gem Reference Guide (1993) Gemological Institute of America, Santa Monica, California. ISBN: 0-87311-029-3

Gems & Gemology in Review: Colored Diamonds (2006) Gemological Institute of America, Carlsbad, California. ISBN: 0-87311-052-8

Gems & Gemology in Review: Synthetic Diamonds (2005) Gemological Institute of America, Carlsbad, California. ISBN: 0-87311-050-1

Gems & Gemology in Review: Treated Diamonds (2008) Gemological Institute of America, Carlsbad, California. ISBN: 978-0-87311-054-9

O’Donoghue, Michael, ed. (2006) Gems: Their Sources, Description and Identification. Butterworth-Heinemann, Boston. ISBN: 978-0-75065-856-0

The GIA Diamond Dictionary (1993) Gemological Institute of America, Santa Monica, California. ISBN: 0-87311-026-9

Gübelin, Eduard J. and John I. Koivula (2004) Photoatlas of Inclusions in Gemstones [Volume 1]. Opinio Publishers, Basel. ISBN: 3-03999-041-1

Gübelin, Eduard J. and John I Koivula (2005) Photoatlas of Inclusions in Gemstones, Volume 2. Opinio Publishers, Basel. ISBN: 3-0399-9029-2

Gübelin, Eduard J. and John I Koivula (2005) Photoatlas of Inclusions in Gemstones, Volume 3. Opinio Publishers, Basel. ISBN: 3-0399-9029-2

Hall, Cally. (2000) Gemstones. Dorling Kindersley, London and New York. ISBN: 1-56458-498-4

Harlow, George.E., ed. (1998) The Nature of Diamonds. Press Syndicate of the Cambridge University Press, Cambridge and New York. ISBN: 0521629357

Hodgkinson, Alan (2015) Gem Testing Techniques. Valerie Hodgkinson, Edinburgh. www.gemtestingtechniques.co.uk

Hurlbut, Cornelius S. and Robert C. Kammerling (1991) Gemology. John Wiley, New York. ISBN: 0-471-52667-3

Koivula, John I. (2000) The Microworld of Diamonds. Gemworld International, Northbrook, Illinois. ISBN: 0-964-17335-2

Liddicoat, Richard T. Handbook of Gem Identification. (1989) Gemological Institute of America, Santa Monica, California. ISBN: 0-8731-1021-8

Nassau, Kurt (1980) Gems Made by Man. Chilton, Radnor, Pennsylvania. ISBN: 0-8019-6773-2

Nassau, Kurt (1994) Gemstone Enhancement: History, Science and State of the Art. Butterworth-Heinemann, London. ISBN: 0-7506-1797-7

Pagel-Theisen, Verena (2001) Diamond Grading ABC: the Manual. Rubin & Son, Antwerp, Belgium. ISBN: 3-9800434-6-0

Read, Peter G. (2005) Gemmology. Elsevier, Amsterdam and New York. ISBN: 0-7506-6449-5

Roskin, Gary A. (1994) Photo Masters for Diamond Grading. Gemworld International, Northbrook, Illinois. ISBN: 0-9641-7330-1

Schumann, Walter (2006) Gemstones of the World. Sterling, New York. ISBN: 1-4027-4016-6

Sinkankas, John (1986) Mineralogy. Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York. ISBN: 0-442-27624-9

Sisk, Gerald D. (2106) The Sisk Gemology Reference. America Collectibles Network dba Jewelry Television, Knoxville, Tennessee. ISBN: 9780692713181 (v.1); 9780692794722 (v.2); 9780692794739 (v.3)

Sunagawa, Ichiro (2005) Crystals: Growth, Morphology and Perfection. Cambridge University Press, England. ISBN: 0521841895

Watermeyer, Basil (2006) Diamond Cutting: a Complete Guide to Diamond Processing. Basil Watermeyer, Johannesburg. ISBN: 062930756

Winter, Colin H. (2003) A Students Guide to Spectroscopy. OPL Press, Leatherhead, Surrey. ISBN: 0-954-48530-0

Zaitsev, A.M. (2001) Optical Properties of Diamond: a Data Handbook. Springer, Berlin and New York. ISBN: 354066582X

Gems & Gemology is GIA’s scientific quarterly journal. All issues are available for free online: http://www.gia.edu/gems-gemology