WELCOME
TO RENEENEWMAN.COM
Besides
providing details about my background and my books, this site offers
consumer information on gems, jewelry, appraisers and
other books.
My
goal is to provide consumers and jewelry professionals
with unbiased, affordable information on how to buy, evaluate and appreciate gems
and jewelry. But the consumer principles I stress in my gem books
can also be applied to other subject areas such as health. In both
cases, you should be informed, deal with competent professionals and get
proper documentation.
My
overall mission is to promote consumer issues, education and the arts.
This has led me to expand my book topics to osteoporosis
prevention. (See www.avoidboneloss.com
)
trademarks
OF The Newman Gem & Jewelry series
Loaded with detailed info on how to judge gem
and jewelry quality. Since
jewelry stores normally don't describe the quality of
colored gems, pearls or jewelry mountings, you must learn how to judge
it yourself in order to get good buys and make wise choices. My books show you how.
Well illustrated. The main points are
explained with photos and diagrams, which are linked to the text. It’s
time-consuming and costly to do this, but readers appreciate the
numerous high-quality illustrations. My first books were black
and white, but now they’re full color throughout.
Written in clear English without a lot of
trade euphemisms. Cracks are called cracks or fractures, not
"feathers." Fracture filling and laser drilling treatments
are identified as such, rather than just referred to as clarity
enhancements.
Unbiased and objective because their
underlying motive is not to sell you jewelry or
related services. Even though
I used to work full-time in the gem
and jewelry industry, I now make my living by writing about gems
and jewelry.
© Copyright 2003 and
2010 by Renée Newman