DIAMONDS

• Fluid inclusions in diamonds
• Some historical trends in the diamond industry

COLORED STONES AND ORGANIC GEM MATERIALS

• New and unusual inclusions in amber and other gems
• Green beryl and emerald from Central Nigeria
• Red beryls from Utah
• Gem localities in China
• Colored stones seen by CISGEM Laboratory
• New gem deposits in Shan State, Myanmar
• New emeralds from southern India
• Natural glass: tektites
• Jade market in Mandalay
• Jadeite lapidaries in Myanmar
• Freshwater natural pearls from the Lac St. Jean area, Quebec
• Unusual pearls
• Rubies from the Barrington volcanic field, East Australia
• Ruby market in Taunggyi
• Sapphire mining in Laos
• The sapphire deposit in southern Madagascar
• Scapolites from new discoveries in Sri Lanka
• Tanzanites and other zoisites from Merelani, Tanzania

SYNTHETICS AND SIMULANTS

• Russian flux-grown synthetic alexandrites
• GGG as a corundum fake

INSTRUMENTATION

• The lapidary as a gemological resource
• Nuclear microscopy of rubies
• Raman spectrometers
• Brewster angle refractometer

MISCELLANEOUS

• Gems in ancient jewelry

ANNOUNCEMENTS


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