This new and updated edition of Rough Diamonds, a Practical Guide contains over one hundred additional pages and includes three new chapters and one hundred nineteen new photographs, a total of 289 photos with 274 fact-filled pages. It is a 8 ½” x 11” (22cm x 29cm) hardcover book complete with a ribbon marker, printed on high-quality enamel pages.

It is the most comprehensive work in the industry and indispensable to those seeking knowledge on rough diamonds. This current work explores the wide range of shapes in rough diamonds, their surface features, internal characteristics, variety of colors, their transparency, size, and value.