Richard W. Hughes

Richard Hughes
Richard Hughes in 2011
Years active	1980–present
Known for	Gemology

Richard W. Hughes is an American gemologist and author who specialises in corundum, particularly rubies and sapphires. He is a co-founder of Lotus Gemology, a gemological testing laboratory based in Bangkok, Thailand. ^[1]

Career

Richard W. Hughes graduated from the Asian Institute of Gemological Sciences (AIGS) in Bangkok, Thailand, in 1980. He became a Fellow of the Gemological Association of Great Britain (FGA) in 1982. Hughes served as director of AIGS in the 1980s. In 1997, he published Ruby & Sapphire. ^[2]

Hughes has authored and co-authored several books on gemstones and has published articles in the field of gemology. ^[3] He received the American Gem Society's Richard T. Liddicoat Journalism Award in 2004 and again in 2005. ^{[4] [5]}

Books

• Terra Spinel: Terra Firma, Vladyslav Y. Yavorskyy and Hughes, R.W. (2010). Bangkok: 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). Northamptonshire, UK: Butterworth’s Gem Books, Butterworth-Heinemann, 314 pp., ISBN   978-0-7506-1007-0
• The Book of Ruby & Sapphire, Halford-Watkins, J.F. and Hughes, R.W. (2012). RWH Publishing, 434 pp., ISBN   978-0-9645097-0-2

See also

• Gemology

References

1. "Lotus Gemology Staff Bios & Accomplishments". Lotus Gemology. Archived from the original on 9 August 2025. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
2. Australian Jeweller, May 1998, p. 10
3. Hughes, Richard. "Ruby & Sapphire | Richard W. Hughes Bibliography". www.ruby-sapphire.com. Archived from the original on 10 September 2019. Retrieved 15 December 2025.
4. "Richard Hughes Receives Journalism Awards" . Retrieved 24 September 2014.
5. "Liddicoat Awards Announced". JCK Magazine. Retrieved 24 September 2014.

External links

• HW Diamonds
• Web Site of R.W. Hughes