COLORED STONES AND ORGANIC MATERIALS

• The ABCs of pearl processing. D. Federman, Modern Jeweler, Vol. 97, No. 3, March 1998, pp. 53-57.
• Emerald stirs many passions. Jewellery International, No. 43, March/April 1998, pp. 43-46.
• La géologie des gisements de saphirs (On the geology of sapphire deposits). C. Simonet, Revue de Gemmologie, No. 132, 1997, pp. 21-23.
• A miscellany of organics. G. Brown, Australian Gemmologist, Vol. 19, No. 12, October-December 1997, pp. 503-506.
• Present situation and prospects of China freshwater pearl breeding. Y. Feng, China Gems, Vol. 6, No. 4, 1997, pp. 35-3.
• Red beryl mine finds new investors. M. Lurie, Colored Stone, Vol. 10, No. 6, November/December 1997, pp. 26, 28.
• Research on texture types of Burmese jadeite. Y. Ao and R. Wu, China Gems, Vol. 6, No. 4, 1997, pp. 118-121.

DIAMONDS

• The applications and properties of MONOCRYSTAL. P. R. de Heus, Industrial Diamond Review, Vol. 57, No. 572, January 1997, pp. 15-18.
• CIS supplement. Supplement to Mining Journal, London, Vol. 329, No. 8455, November 14, 1997, 32 pp.
• Diamond mine economics. Mining Journal, London, Vol. 329, No. 8459, December 12, 1997, p. 483.
• Marine diamond mining comes of age. D. Clifford, Mining Magazine, Vol. 177, No. 6, December 1997, pp. 337, 339-340.
• Mink's Mali macros. Mining Journal, London, Vol. 329, No. 8457, November 28, 1997, p. 440
• A new view on the mechanism of diamond polishing. F. M. van Bouwelen, L. M. Brown, and J. E. Field, Industrial Diamond Review, Vol. 57, No. 572, January 1997, pp. 21-25.

GI LOCALITIES

• Uruguay: Untapped potential.  Supplement to Mining Journal, London, Vol. 329, No. 8455, November 14, 1997, 16 pp.      

INSTRUMENTS AND TECHNIQUES

• A combined spectroscopic method for non-destructive gem identification. L. I. Tretyakova, N. B. Reshetnyak, and Yu. V. Tretyakova, Journal of Gemmology, Vol. 25, No. 8, October 1997, pp. 532-539.
• Praktische Analytik für Sammler: Mineralbestimmung per RI und EDX-Analyse (Practical analytical methods for collectors: Mineral identification with SI and EDX analysis). Th. Raber, Lapis, Vol. 21, No. 12, 1996, pp. 21-25 and 58.

JEWELRY HISTORY

• Fool's gold?...The use of marcasite and pyrite from ancient times. L. Bartlett, Journal of Gemmology, Vol. 25, No. 8, October 1997, pp. 517-531.
• Gems--Fact and mythology. H. Levy, Gem & Jewellery News, Vol. 6, No. 4, September 1997, pp. 57-59.

PRECIOUS METALS

• Platinum blind. Cigar Aficionado, December 1997, pp. 456-467 passim.

SYNTHETICS AND SIMULANTS

• Inclusions in synthetic rubies and synthetic sapphires produced by hydrothermal methods (TAIRUS, Novosibirsk, Russia). A. Peretti, J. Mullis, F. Mouawad, and R. Guggenheim, Journal of Gemmology, Vol. 25, No. 8, October 1997, pp. 540-561.
• Tairus hydrothermal synthetic ruby. L. Qi and S. Lin, China Gems, Vol. 7, No. 1, 1998, pp. 122-124.
• Marketing moissanite. Modern jeweler, March 1998, Vol. 97, No. 3, p. 14.

TREATMENTS

• New emerald treatment features I.D. tracer. National Jeweler, Vol. 42, No. 7, April 1, 1998, p. 22.

MISCELLANEOUS

• Sri Lanka deregulates to raise exports. M. A. Prost, Colored Stone, Vol. 10, No. 6, November-December 1997,  pp. 10, 12.

Editor:
A. A. Levinson, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Review Board:
Anne M. Blumer - Bloomington, Illinois
Peter R. Buerki - GIA, Carlsbad
Jo Ellen Cole - GIA, Carlsbad
Maha DeMaggio - GIA Gem Trade Laboratory, Carlsbad
Professor R. A. Howie - Royal Holloway, University of London
Mary L. Johnson - GIA Gem Trade Laboratory, Carlsbad
Elise B. Misiorowski - Los Angeles, California
Jana E. Miyahira - GIA Carlsbad
Himiko Naka - GIA Gem Trade Laboratory, Carlsbad
Carol M. Stockton - Alexandria, Virginia
Rolf Tatje - Duisburg University, Duisberg, Germany
Sharon Wakefield - Northwest Gem Lab, Boise, Idaho

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