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Spring 2008, Volume 44, Issue 1

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Gem News International


TUCSON 2008

  • Emerald-bearing gem pockets from North Carolina
  • Spessartine from Loliondo, Tanzania

GNI Regular Features

COLORED STONES AND ORGANIC MATERIALS

  • Gem-quality afghanite and haüyne from Afghanistan
  • A blue manganaxinite
  • Gem news from Myanmar
  • Gems on the market in Taunggyi, Myanmar, 1990–2007
  • Large gem pocket discovered at the Oceanview mine, San Diego County, California
  • Green sodic plagioclase from East Africa
  • A blue topaz with 2500+ facets

SYNTHETICS AND SIMULANTS

  • An imitation "elephant pearl"
  • An interesting synthetic sapphire

TREATMENTS

  • Lead glass–filled color-change sapphire

MISCELLANEOUS

  • Myanma Gem Emporium offerings for 1992–2007

CONFERENCE REPORTS

  • 2008 Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry
  • Gemological LA-ICP-MS User Group (GLIUG) workshop and meeting
  • First International Pearl Convention

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