DIAMONDS

• "Opalescent" and other unusual diamonds
• Diamond "pearls"

COLORED STONES AND ORGANIC MATERIALS

• Andradite from Arizona
• Carved aquamarine with natural crystal faces
• Cat's-eye chrysoberyl
• Unusual trapiche emerald
• The return of jet
• "Bicolor" labradorite
• "Rainbow" obsidian hearts
• Botryoidal white opal from Milford, Utah
• Petrified palm wood as an ornamental material
• Drusy iridescent pyrite from Russia
• "Wasp-tail" citrine/smoky quartz
• Quartz with "rainbow" hematite inclusions...
• ...and with pyrite inclusions
• Orange sapphire and other gems from the Tunduru region
• Tanzanite in abundance: Gem carvings and "enhydro" crystal section
• Tourmaline from the Neu Schwaben region, Namibia: A major new player

TREATMENTS

• Gold-electroplated jade and silver ore

SYNTHETICS AND SIMULANTS

• Assembled stones using inset gem material
• Red and purple hydrothermal synthetic beryl
• Dichroic glass as an opal imitation
• Aventurescent synthetic quartz
• Synthetic opal in glass

MISCELLANEOUS

• "Amphoragems"

ANNOUNCEMENTS


Appears on pages 60-70