Richard W. Hughes
{{Short description |American gemologist and author}}
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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.
Career
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, and, in 1997, authored Ruby & Sapphire.Australian Jeweller, May 1998, p. 10 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 a number of books on gems as well as numerous articles on gemology.[https://web.archive.org/web/20190910015548/http://www.ruby-sapphire.com/rwh-biblio.htm Richard W. Hughes bibliography] He received the American Gem Society's Richard T. Liddicoat Journalism Award in both 2004 and 2005.{{cite web|url=http://www.palagems.com/liddicoat_award.htm|title=Richard Hughes Receives Journalism Awards|publisher=|accessdate=24 September 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://www.jckonline.com/article/292786-Liddicoat_Awards_Announced.php|title=Liddicoat Awards Announced|work=JCK Magazine|accessdate=24 September 2014}} In 2010, Hughes received the Antonio Bonanno Award for Excellence in Gemology from the Accredited Gemologists Association.[http://accreditedgemologists.org/bonanno.php Accredited Gemologists Association]
In 2017, Lotus Gemology published Hughes' book Ruby & Sapphire: A Gemologist's Guide,{{cite book |last1=Hughes |first1=Richard |url=https://www.lotusgemology.com/index.php/2-uncategorised/328-ruby-sapphire-a-gemologist-s-guide-order-page |title=Ruby & Sapphire: A Gemologist's Guide |last2=Manorotkul |first2=Wimon |last3=Hughes |first3=E. Billie |publisher=RWH Publiishing/Lotus Publishing |year=2017 |isbn=978-0-9645097-1-9 |location=Bangkok |pages=816 |ref=gemologistsguide |access-date=9 November 2019}} covering the corundum gem species.{{cite web |last1=Minieri |first1=Paolo |date=26 October 2017 |title=Driving gemstone lovers to corundums. A twenty years tireless work for the most accurate survey on rubies and sapphires |url=http://www.rivistaitalianadigemmologia.com/en_GB/2017/10/26/decenni-di-lavoro-per-il-piu-accurato-repertorio-sui-corindoni-ruby-sapphire-a-gemologists-guide-di-richard-w-hughes/ |access-date=9 November 2019 |website=rivistaitalianadigemmologia.com |publisher=Italian Gemological Review}}{{cite journal |last1=Skalwold |first1=Elise |date=Winter 2016–17 |title=Book Review • Ruby & Sapphire: A Gemologist's Guide |url=http://www.nordskip.com/rwh_book_review.pdf |journal=InColor |pages=68–73 |access-date=9 November 2019}} In 2019, Tongji University created an exhibit centering on Lotus Gemology's photography.{{cite web |last1=Lawson |first1=Lynda |title=Lotus Gemology's Gem Exhibit "Inside Out" |url=https://www.nationaljeweler.com/diamonds-gems/supply/8046-lab-takes-inside-out-view-of-gemology-with-new-book |website=sustainablegemstones.org |publisher=Gemstones and Sustainable Development Knowledge Hub, University of Delaware |access-date=7 November 2019}} Van Cleef & Arpels' L’École, School of Jewelry Arts ran an exhibit in Hong Kong featuring photomicrographs from Lotus Gemology in 2020.{{cite web |last1=Knott |first1=Kylie |title=Precious gems go under the microscope in Hong Kong exhibition |url=https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/short-reads/article/3092466/precious-gems-go-under-microscope-hong-kong |website=scmp.com |date=10 July 2020 |publisher=South China Morning Post |access-date=25 November 2020}}
Books
- 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
References
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External links
- [http://www.hwdiamonds.com HW Diamonds]
- [http://www.ruby-sapphire.com Web Site of R.W. Hughes]
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Category:American expatriates in Thailand