COLORED STONES AND ORGANIC MATERIALS
The effect of co-cultivation on the pearl yield of Pinctada martensi [sic] (Dumker). M. Wu, S. K. K. Mak, X. Zhang, and P.-Y. Qian, Aquaculture, Vol. 221, 2003, pp. 347–356.

Freshwater pearl culture technology development in India. K. Janakiram, Journal of Applied Aquaculture, Vol. 13, No. 3/4, 2003, pp. 341–349.

Production and grow-out of the black-lip pearl oyster Pinctada margaritifera. I. Lane, C. Oengpepa, and J. Bell, Aquaculture Asia, Vol. 8, No. 1, 2003, pp. 5–7.

Quality grading method of China sea-cultured pearls on the basis of fuzzy evaluation. B. Kong, J. Zou, J. Chen, and Y. Liao, Journal of Guilin Institute of Technology, Vol. 23, No. 1, 2003, pp. 60–64 [in Chinese with English abstract].

X-ray diffraction study of nacre in shell of Hyriopsis cumingii [sic] (Lea). G. Zhang, X. Xie, S. Qi, and P. Hu, Journal of Mineral Petrology, Vol. 22, No. 4, 2002, pp. 8–11 [in Chinese with English abstract].

DIAMONDS
Characters [sic] of brown spot [sic] on diamond from HunanProvinceand its implication. M. Yang and Y. Gao, Journal of Gems and Gemmology, Vol. 4, No. 4, 2002, pp. 15–19 [in Chinese with English abstract].

Diamond economics of the Prairie Creek lamproite, Murfreesboro, AR, USA. D. P. Dunn, OreGeology Reviews, Vol. 22, No. 3/4, 2003, pp. 251–262.

Evolution of growth sectors in natural diamond crystals as revealed by cathodoluminescence topography. S. V. Titkov, G. V. Saparin, and S. K. Obyden, Geology of OreDeposits, Vol. 44, No. 5, 2002, pp. 350–360.

An infrared investigation of inclusion-bearing diamonds from the Venetiakimberlite, Northern Province, South Africa: Implications for diamonds from craton-margin settings. K. S. Viljoen, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, Vol. 144, No. 1, 2002, pp. 98–108.

World diamond deposits. A. P. Akimov and A. S. Marfunin, Gemological Bulletin (Gemological Society of Russia), No. 5, 2002, pp. 51–56 [in Russian].

GEM LOCALITIES
Characterization of beryl (aquamarine variety) from pegmatites of Minas Gerais, Brazil. R. R. Viana, H. Jordt-Evangelista, G. Magela da Costa, and W. B. Stern, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, Vol. 29, 2002, pp. 668–679.

Chrysoberyl, beryl and zincian spinel mineralization in granulite-facies Archaean rocks at Dowerin, Western Australia. P. J. Downes and A. W. R. Bevan, Mineralogical Magazine, Vol. 66, No. 6, 2002, pp. 985–1002.

Edelsteine aus dem Gebiet nördlich von Araçuai (Minas Gerais, Brasilien): Vorkommen, Eigenschaften und Behandlungsmethoden [Gemstones from the region north of Araçuaí (Minas Gerais, Brazil): Occurrences, characteristics and treatment possibilities]. J. Karfunkel, J. Quéméneur, K. Krambrock, M. Pinheiro, G. O. Dias, and R. Wegner, Gemmologie: Zeitschrift der Deutschen Gemmologischen Gesellschaft, Vol. 51, No. 4, 2002, pp. 171–183 [in German with English abstract].

Geology, geochemistry and Ar–Ar geochronology of the Nangimali ruby deposit, Nanga ParbatHimalaya(Azad Kashmir, Pakistan). A. Pêcher, G. Giuliani, V. Garnier, H. Maluski, A. B. Kausar, R. H. Malik, and H. R. Muntaz, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, Vol. 21, No. 3, 2002, pp. 265–282.

Green nephrite jade from Canada. L. Mi, Journal of Gems and Gemmology, Vol. 5, No. 1, 2003, pp. 10–13 [in Chinese with English abstract].

Optical and Mössbauer study of Brazilian emeralds. G. C. B. Braga, V. K. Garg, A. C. de Oliveira, J. A. Freitas Jr., E. Kuzmann, and R. Garg, Physica Status Solidii, Vol. A194, No. 1, 2002, pp. 36–46.

Sangu garnet deposit, Eastern Province, Zambia. A. V. Seifert and S. Vrána, Bulletin of the Czech Geological Survey, Vol. 78, No. 1, 2003, pp. 3–8.

The Santa Terezinha–Campos Verdes emerald district, central Brazil: Structural and Sm-Nd data to constrain the tectonic evolution of the Neoproterozoic Brasília belt. L. J. H. D’el-Rey Silva and L. de Souza Barros Neto, Journal of South American Earth Sciences, Vol. 15, No. 6, 2002, pp. 693–708.

Sapphires: The central Queenslandgemfields. P. Moran and N. Rains, Australian Geographic, July-September, No. 67, 2002, pp. 56–71.

The topaz-bearing rhyolites from the San Luis Potosiarea (Mexico): Characteristics of the lava and growth conditions of topaz. J. L. Leroy, R. Rodriguez-Rios, and S. Dewonck, Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France, Vol. 173, No. 6, 2002, pp. 579–588.

Trace-element contents and cathodoluminescence of “trapiche” rubies from Mong Hsu, Myanmar(Burma): Geological significance. V. Garnier, D. Ohnenstetter, G. Giuliani, P. Blanc, and D. Schwarz, Mineralogy and Petrology, Vol. 76, No. 3–4, 2002, pp. 179–193.

INSTRUMENTS AND TECHNIQUES
Diamond potential estimation based on kimberlite major element chemistry. V. B. Vasilenko, N. N. Zinchuk, V. O. Krasavchikov, L. G. Kuznetsova, V. V. Khlestov, and N. I. Volkova, Journal of Geochemical Exploration, Vol. 76, No. 2, 2002, pp. 93–112.

Nondestructive identification of pearls. Y. Gan, and W. Cui, Acta Scientiarum Naturalium, Universitatis Pekinensis, Vol. 38, No. 3, 2002, pp. 400–403 [in Chinese].

Nontraditional genetic classification of gem corundum deposits. E. P. Melnikov, A. V. Vasiliev, and M. A. Victorov, Gemological Bulletin (Gemological Society of Russia), No. 5, 2002, pp. 7–18 [in Russian with English abstract].

JEWELRY HISTORY
Roman intaglio gemstones from Aelia Capitolina. O. Peleg, PalestineExploration Quarterly, Vol. 135, No. 1, 2003, pp. 54–69.

JEWELRY RETAILING
Why, what, where & when. Jewelry.com finds out. Idex Magazine, Vol. 18, No. 159, July 2003, pp. 76–79.

SYNTHETICS AND SIMULANTS
Channel structures observed in natural diamonds and synthetic moissanite and synthetic quartz. T. Lu, J. E. Shigley, and J. I. Koivula, Proceedings of SPIE [Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers], Vol. 4779, 2002, pp. 125–131.

The diamond wars have begun. J. Davis, Wired, September 2003, pp. 96–105, 145–146.

Maybe mabe. R. Weldon, Professional Jeweler, Vol. 5, No. 9, 2002, pp. 38–40.

Modeling natural diamond generation in high-pressure chambers. S. V. Digonskii and N. N. Shatagin, MoscowUniversityGeology Bulletin, Vol. 57, No. 1, 2002, pp. 49–51.

Open channels in near-colourless synthetic moissanite. T. Lu, J. E. Shigley, and J. I. Koivula. Journal of Gemmology, Vol. 28, No. 3, 2002, pp. 129–135.

Synthetic coral. Coral or imitation? A. V. Fedorov, Gemological Bulletin (Gemological Society of Russia), No. 5, 2002, pp. 62–63 [in Russian].

TREATMENTS
Coloration of natural beryl by iron ion implantation. R. I. Khaibullin, O. N. Lopatin, F. G. Vagizov, V. V. Bazarov, A. I. Bakhtin, I. B. Khaibullin, and B. Aktas, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B, Vol. 206, 2003, pp. 277–281.

The influence of pressure on high-pressure, high-temperature annealing of type Ia diamond. F. De Weerdt and A. T. Collins, Diamond and Related Materials, Vol. 12, 2003, pp. 507–510.

A model of HPHT color enhancement mechanism in natural gray diamonds. V. G. Vins and O. V. Kononov, Diamond and Related Materials, Vol. 12, 2003, pp. 542–545.

Radiation-induced centers in Cs-rich beryl studied by magnetic resonance, infrared and optical spectroscopy. K. Krambrock, M. V. B. Pinheiro, K. J. Guedes, S. M. Medeiros, S. Schweizer, C. Castañeda, N. F. Botelho, and A. C. Pedrosa-Soares, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B, Vol. 191, No. 1–4, 2002, pp. 285–290.

MISCELLANEOUS
Anti-money laundering plan goes to industry. B. Green, National Jeweler, Vol. 97, No. 7, 2003, pp. 1, 10.

Gareth Penny: SOC is “pro-competitive.” V. Gomelsky, National Jeweler, Vol. 97, No. 14, 2003, pp. 1, 98–100.

JAR’s treasures. Idex Magazine, Vol. 18, No. 158, June 2003, pp. 84–86.

U.S. to ban all Burma products, including gems. G. Roskin, JCK, Vol. 174, No. 9, September 2003, pp. 38, 40.