DIAMONDS

• Diamond with a fluorescent phantom crystal
• Tairus synthetic diamonds in jewelry

COLORED STONES AND ORNAMENTAL MATERIALS

• Anorthosite rock with uvarovite garnet "speckles"
• Update on porous chrysocolla-colored chalcedony
• Chatoyant clinochlore from Russia
• Cat's-eye diopside from Southern India
• Garnets from Mozambique
• Green-and-white jadeite from Russia
• Visit to Myanma Gems Museum
• A variegated translucent jasper from Mexico
• An unusual morganite
• Scottish pearls
• Rubies from Madagascar
• Sapphire mining in Kanchanaburi
• Update on Tanzanite mining
• "Golden" tourmaline from Kenya

TREATMENTS

• Novel opal doublets from Brazil
• Sapphires with "induced" stars

SYNTHETICS AND SIMULANTS

• Manufactured composite material imitating jadeite
• "Drusy" silicon, a computer-industry by-product
• A convincing tanzanite substitute
• "Tavalite," cubic zirconia colored by an optical coating

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Sixth annual Cutting Edge Awards
• Gem-related exhibits at American Museums
• Special synthetics exhibit at the Sorbonne

Appears on pages 128-140