DIAMONDS

• Update on Botswana diamond mining
• West African diamond mining
• Diamond mining in Namibia
• South African diamond mining
• Update on Australian diamond mining
• Update on diamond production in the former USSR
• Unusual diamond crystal

COLORED STONES

• "Caymanite" from the Grand Cayman Islands, Carribean
• Chrysoprase chalcedony matrix carving
• Demantoid garnet from Mexico
• News from Nepal
• Horse conch "pearls"
• Notable round black cultured pearl
• Peridot from Pakistan
• Yukon rhodonite
• "Samotsvetov" Colored Stones Museum in Moscow
• "Trapiche" purple-pink sapphire
• Gem-inlaid shell jewelry
• Tourmaline with atypical R.I. readings
• Gem production in the U.S.
• Green cat's-eye zoisite

ENHANCEMENTS

• Coated jadeite

SYNTHETICS AND SIMULANTS

• Synthetic phenakite from Russia
• New production facility inaugurated in Siberia

INSTRUMENTATION

• Russian equipment for diamond sorting and identification

MISCELLANEOUS

• Sinkankas book honored

ANNOUNCEMENTS

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