Richard W. Hughes
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Richard Hughes | |
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| Years active | 1980–present |
| Known for | Gemology |
Richard W. Hughes is an American gemologist and author who specializes in corundum, rubies, and sapphires. Richard Hughes is the co-founder and senior vice president of Lotus Gemology, a gem testing laboratory out of Bangkok, Thailand.[citation needed]
Career
[edit]In 1980, Richard W. Hughes graduated from the Asian Institute of Gemological Sciences (AIGS) in Bangkok, Thailand. He then became a Fellow of the Gemmological Association of Great Britain (F.G.A.) in 1982. Hughes was the director of AIGS in the 1980s. In 1997, he authored Ruby & Sapphire.[1] From 2005 to 2008, he served at the American Gem Trade Association’s gemological laboratories in California and New York.
Hughes has authored and co-authored several books on gems and published articles on gemology.[2] He received the American Gem Society's Richard T. Liddicoat Journalism Award in both 2004 and 2005.[3][4] In 2010, Hughes received the Antonio Bonanno Award for Excellence in Gemology from the Accredited Gemologists Association.[5]
In 2017, Lotus Gemology published Hughes' book, Ruby & Sapphire: A Gemologist's Guide,[6] covering the corundum gem species.[7][8] In 2019, Tongji University created an exhibit centering on Lotus Gemology's photography.[9] Van Cleef & Arpels' L’École, School of Jewelry Arts ran an exhibit in Hong Kong featuring photomicrographs from Lotus Gemology in 2020.[10]
Books
[edit]- Terra Spinel: Terra Firma, Yavorskyy, V. and Hughes, R.W. (2010). Yavorskyy Co., 202 pp., ISBN 978-0-615-40901-6
- Ruby & Sapphire, Hughes, R.W. (1997) Boulder, CO, RWH Publishing, 512pp. ISBN 978-0-9645097-6-4
- Corundum, Hughes, R.W. (1990). Butterworth’s Gem Books, Northants, UK, Butterworth-Heinemann, 314 pp., ISBN 978-0-7506-1007-0
- The Book of Ruby & Sapphire, Halford-Watkins, J.F. & Hughes, R.W. (2012). RWH Publishing, 434 pp., ISBN 978-0-9645097-0-2
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Australian Jeweller, May 1998, p. 10
- ^ Richard W. Hughes bibliography
- ^ "Richard Hughes Receives Journalism Awards". Retrieved 24 September 2014.
- ^ "Liddicoat Awards Announced". JCK Magazine. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
- ^ Accredited Gemologists Association
- ^ Hughes, Richard; Manorotkul, Wimon; Hughes, E. Billie (2017). Ruby & Sapphire: A Gemologist's Guide. Bangkok: RWH Publiishing/Lotus Publishing. p. 816. ISBN 978-0-9645097-1-9. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
- ^ Minieri, Paolo (26 October 2017). "Driving gemstone lovers to corundums. A twenty years tireless work for the most accurate survey on rubies and sapphires". rivistaitalianadigemmologia.com. Italian Gemological Review. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
- ^ Skalwold, Elise (Winter 2016–17). "Book Review • Ruby & Sapphire: A Gemologist's Guide" (PDF). InColor: 68–73. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
- ^ Lawson, Lynda. "Lotus Gemology's Gem Exhibit "Inside Out"". sustainablegemstones.org. Gemstones and Sustainable Development Knowledge Hub, University of Delaware. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
- ^ Knott, Kylie (10 July 2020). "Precious gems go under the microscope in Hong Kong exhibition". scmp.com. South China Morning Post. Retrieved 25 November 2020.