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About Dick Hughes


A native of the United States, Richard Hughes has spent many years in Asia, where his interest in precious stones was first kindled. Today he is Senior Vice President of Gemstone Marketing & Testing at GemsTV in Bangkok.

Traveling to scores of countries in search of precious stones, Richard Hughes has authored two books and more than a hundred articles on all aspects of the gem and jewelry trades. His work can be found at http://www.ruby-sapphire.com, http://www.palagems.com, ganoksin.com and http://www.agta-gtc.com.

Richard is not afraid to speak his mind and his writings and lectures are typically peppered with piquant political comments. Agree or disagree, there is no question his work is among the most passionate in the world of gems, which is perhaps why it has attracted such a strong following.

 

List of publications


Richard W. Hughes bibliography

Caveat lector: Links below point to articles found here at ruby-sapphire.com in their unexpurgated form. Compare with print versions to see what all the fuss was about.

Tomes

  • Hughes, R.W. (1997) Ruby & Sapphire. Boulder, CO, RWH Publishing, 512 pp.
  • Webster, R. & Read, P.G. (1994) Gems: Their Sources, Descriptions and Identification. Fifth edition, Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford, 1026 pp. [Chapters 3 & 5 revised by R.W. Hughes].
  • Hughes, R.W. (1991) Ruby & Sapphire. Butterworths Gem Books, Bangkok, White Lotus, 339 pp. [same as Corundum, but with an appendix of updates].
  • Hughes, R.W. (1990) Corundum. Butterworths Gem Books, Northants, UK, Butterworth-Heinemann, 314 pp.

Pieces

Contact information


Address: Bangkok, Thailand

Contact: Dick  Hughes

 Email:
rubydick@ruby-sapphire.com


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