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This index gives the first author (in parentheses), the issue, and the first page (plus “ff” for feature articles, to indicate numerous pages following) of the article in which the indexed subject occurs. For Gem News (GN), Gem Trade Lab Notes (GTLN), and Letters (Let) sections, inclusive pages are given for the subject item. The Author Index on page 240 provides the full title and the coauthors (if any) of the articles cited. The inclusive pages for each issue are: Spring (Sp) 1–78; Summer (Su) 79–172; Fall (F) 1–180; Winter (W) 173–242.
Note: The Fall 1999 Symposium Proceedings issue was paginated separately from the other issues in this volume year.
M
Madagascar
color-change garnets from (Schmetzer)W99:196ff
gem sources in (Suleman)F99:66–67
Ilakaka gem production (GN)Su99:149–150
sapphire—from Ilakaka (GN)Su99:149–150; mining in (Cushman)F99:142; with
12-rayed star (GN)Su99:148–149
tsavorite from (GN)W99:218
Manson, D. Vincent
Obituary (Let)Su99:81
Marketing and Distribution
appraisals—(WR)F99:132–133; building a business (Knight)F99:167–168; professionalism of (Miller)F99:168
branding (WR)F99:130–131
of colored stones—in Asia (Suwa)F99:68-69; in South America (Sauer)F99:71–72
in the future—electronic networking (Panel)F99:128–129; critical issues (Panel)F99:124–125; of the gem and jewelry industry (Tempelsman) F99:2ff, (Boyajian)F99:8ff; opportunities (Panel)F99:126–127
patents and trademarks (Delre)F99:164–165
of pearl jewelry (Panel)F99:122–123
at retail—(Kennedy)F99:167; management software (Greig)F99:166–167; sales (Magner)F99:107–108, (Calnon)F99:109–110, (Stuller)F99:111, (Tivol)F99:112
Metals
platinum for jewelry (Maerz)F99:170
Mexico
jasper spheres from (GN)Sp99:52–53
opal from, with white zones (GN)W99:212–213
Microprobe analysis
of color-change garnet from Bekily, Madagascar (Schmetzer) W99:196ff
of sapphire and garnet from Kalalani, Tanzania (Seifert)Su99:108ff
Moissanite, synthetic
identification of (Shigley)F99:80–81
marketing of (Hunter)F99:174
reflectance testing affected by heat exposure (Let)Su99:80–81, W99:175
Montana, see United States
Museums and gem collections
corundum at the Smithsonian Institution (Feather)F99:144
Gem & Mineral Council of the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History (Niklewicz) F99:161
Inco Ltd. Gallery of Earth Sciences at the Royal Ontario Museum (GN)Sp99:60, (Ottaway)F99:162
Myanmar
ruby from, identification of locality (Htun)F99:148–149
N
Nepal
kyanite from (GN)Sp99:51–52
Nevada, see United States
New York, see United States
Nigeria
spessartine from (GN)W99:216
O
Obituary
D. Vincent Manson (Let)Su99:81
Opal
"American Golden," from Nevada (GN)W99:212
from Brazil (GN)Sp99:53
classification of, using Raman spectrometry (Fritsch)F99:145
from Mexico, forming internal white zones during fashioning (GN)W99:212–213
Opal, synthetic
polymer-impregnated "fire" type, from Kyocera (GN)Su99:153–154
P
Pearl
abalone (Koethe)F99:171–172
from the Cook Islands (GN)Su99:147–148
freshwater (GTLN)W99:204–205
non-nacreous (GTLN)Su99:140
origin, variety, and enhancement of (Latendresse)F99:172
Pearl, cultured
abalone from New Zealand (McKenzie)F99:172–173
black—large strand (GTLN)W99:205-206; surface-enhanced (GTLN)Sp99:45
freshwater—from China (GN)Sp99:53–54; dyed (GN)Sp99:55–56
jewelry, future of marketing (Panel)F99:122–123
origin, variety, and enhancement of (Latendresse)F99:172
production of—Akoya (Akamatsu) F99:73–74; freshwater (Peach) F99:75; South
Sea (Muller) F99:77–79; Tahitian (Wan)F99:76
simulant of Chinese freshwater (GN)Sp99:56–57
"Utopia" brand, from South Seas (GN)Su99:154
Pearl, imitation
grayish green Tahitian simulant (GTLN)Sp99:45–46, (Let)W99:174
Peridot
glass simulant of (GTLN)Sp99:44, (McClure)F99:86–87
Photography
of gemological subjects (DeMaggio)F99:160
Platinum, see Metals
Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC)
conference (GN)Su99:142–143
Pyrope-almandine, see Garnet
Pyrope-spessartine, see Garnet
Q
Quartz
drusy, carved into leaves (GN)Sp99:54
fused glass simulant of, sold as "cultured snow quartz" (GN)Sp99:56
internal carving of (GN)W99:222
star with 12 rays, from Sri Lanka (GN)Sp99:54–55
Quartz, synthetic
internal carving of (GN)W99:222
R
Raman spectrometry, see Spectrometry, Raman
Rocks
identified as dickite (GN)W99:210
see also Jade
Romania
grossular from (Ionescu)F99:139
jasper from (Ghergari)F99:139–140
Techereu gemstone area of (Mârza)F99:151
vesuvianite from (Ionescu)F99:139
Rossmanite, see Errata
Ruby
identification of—(Scarratt)F99:82–83; localities in Myanmar (Htun)F99:148–149
from Kenya, update on John Saul mine (GN)W99:213–215
sources worldwide (Kane)F99:60–61
from Tanzania (GN)W99:215–216
treatment of (Emmett)F99:90–92
see also Corundum
Ruby, synthetic
hydrothermal, from Russia (Schmetzer)Sp99:17ff
Rudraksha
organic gem material from India (Panjikar)F99:152
Russia
demantoid from the Ural Mountains—(Mattice)F99:151–152; inclusions in
(Krzemnicki)W99:192ff
diamond sources and production in (Sobolev)F99:43
hydrothermal synthetic gemstones from (Smirnov)F99:175–176
gem sources in (Larson)F99:64–65
synthetic ametrine from (Balitsky)Su99:122ff
synthetic beryl from (GN)Su99:152–153
synthetic diamonds from (GTLN)Su99:139
synthetic rubies and sapphires from (Schmetzer)Sp99:17ff
S
Sapphire
brownish orange, with high R.I. (GTLN)W99:206–207
from China (Liangguang)F99:154
colorless, separation from synthetic (Elen)Sp99:30ff
identification of (Scarratt)F99:82–83
inclusions in—identified by Raman spectroscopy (Garland) F99:145–146; as
proof of unheated color (GTLN)W99:206
from Kalalani, Tanzania (Seifert)Su99:108ff
from Madagascar (GN)Su99:149–150, (Cushman)F99:142
sources worldwide (Kane)F99:60–61
star with 12 rays, from Madagascar (GN)Su99:148–149
treatment of—(Emmett)F99:90–92; from Kanchanaburi (Hansawek)F99:147–148; in
Sri Lanka (Deljanin)F99:142–143
see also Corundum
Sapphire, synthetic
colorless, separation from natural (Elen)Sp99:30ff
early blue (GTLN)Su99:141
hydrothermal, from Russia (Schmetzer)Sp99:17ff; (Smirnov)F99:175–176
"padparadscha" (GTLN)Su99:141
"Plato lines" and growth structures in (GN)Sp99:58–59
Simulants, see specific gem materials
South Africa
"watermelon" hydrogrossular-idocrase rock from (GN)Sp99:50–51
Spectrometry, laser ablation–inductively coupled plasma–mass (LA–ICP–MS)
new method of analyzing gemstones (Günther)F99:160–161
Spectrometry, Raman
of emerald fillers (Johnson) Su99:82ff, (Hänni)F99:93–94
to identify diopside in demantoid (Krzemnicki)W99:192ff
to identify gems in medieval treasures (Häberli)F99:161–162
inclusions in sapphire identified by (Garland)F99:145–146
opals classified using (Fritsch)F99:145
spectral database for gemstones (Tretyakova)F99:163
Spectrometry, X-ray fluorescence
of emerald fillers (GN)W99:219
to identify Russian hydrothermal synthetic ruby and sapphire (Schmetzer)Sp99:17ff
to identify synthetic sapphire (GTLN)Su99:141
to identify Zachery-treated turquoise (Fritsch)Sp99:4ff
to separate natural from synthetic colorless sapphire (Elen) Sp99:30ff
to separate natural from synthetic emeralds (Schmetzer)F99:84–85
to separate natural from synthetic ametrine (Balitsky)Su99:122ff
of spessartine from Nigeria (GN)W99:216
Spectroscopy, infrared
to separate natural from manufactured glass (Owens)F99:152
of emerald fillers (Johnson) Su99:82ff, (Hänni)F99:93–94
to separate natural from synthetic ametrine (Balitsky)Su99:122ff
spectral database for gemstones (Tretyakova)F99:163
Spectroscopy, UV-visible
of color-change garnet (Schmetzer)W99:196ff
diffuse reflectance spectral database for gemstones (Tretyakova)F99:163
to separate natural from synthetic colorless sapphire (Elen) Sp99:30ff
of treated-color rough diamond using a handheld spectroscope (GTLN)W99:203
Spessartine
from Brazil (GN)Sp99:55
from Nigeria (GN)W99:216
from Zambia (GN)W99:217
Sphalerite
simulated by synthetic zincite (GN)Sp99:57
Spinel
internal "Becke lines" used to determine relative R.I.’s in (GN)Sp99:58
Sri Lanka
forsterite from (GN)Sp99:49–50
gem trade in (Farook)F99:143–144
quartz with 12-rayed star from (GN)Sp99:54–55
sapphire, mining and treatment of "geuda" (Deljanin)F99:142–143
star ekanite from (GN)W99:211–212
Star, see Asterism; specific gem materials
Sweden
blue slag glass from, resembling opal (GN)Sp99:56
Synthetics
future of (Panel)F99:118–119
from Russia (Balitsky)F99:173; hydrothermal (Smirnov)F99:175–176
see also specific gem materials
T
Taaffeite
cat’s-eye (GTLN)Sp99:46
red (Kiefert)F99:151
Tanzania
garnet from Kalalani (Seifert)Su99:108ff
ruby from Songea (GN)W99:215
sapphire—bicolored, from Tunduru (GN)W99:215–216; from Kalalani (Seifert)Su99:108ff
tsavorite from Lindi Province (GN)Su99:151–152
Tanzanite
fluorescence of (GN)Su99:150–151
mining—disaster at the Merelani mines (GN)Su99:151; follow-up (Crown)F99:141–142
synthetic forsterite as simulant of (McClure)F99:86–87
Thailand
sapphires from Kanchanaburi, treatment of (Hansawek) F99:147–148
Topaz
diffusion(?)-treated—identification of (McClure)F99:86–87; near-surface (Underwood) F99:154–155
Tourmaline
first California gem locality for (Taylor)F99:153–154
from Paraíba, Brazil (Barbosa)F99:138
Treatment
of colored stones (Manning)F99:70
of corundum with heat (GN)W99:220–221
effects on pricing of gemstones (Drucker)F99:165–166
review of (Nassau)F99:95–96
in Russia (Balitsky)F99:173
of turquoise (Fritsch)Sp99:4ff
see also Diamond, treatment; Diffusion treatment; Disclosure; specific gem materials
Tremolite
rock from China, referred to as "Longxi jade" (GN)W99:217–218
Tsavorite, see Grossular
Tucson Gem and Mineral Shows
highlights of (GN)Sp99:47ff
Turquoise
identification of Zachery-treated (Fritsch)Sp99:4ff
Twinning
to separate natural from Russian synthetic ametrine (Balitsky)Su99:122ff
U
Ultraviolet fluorescence
to separate natural from synthetic colorless sapphire (Elen)Sp99:30ff
Ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy, see Spectroscopy, UV-visible
United States
California— andradite from (GN)Sp99:48–49; benitoite from (Shigley)F99:152–153; cat’s-eye tourmaline from (Taylor)F99:153–154
diamond industry in (Janowski)F99:56–57
gem sources in (Larson)F99:64–65
Montana agate, fashioning of (GN)W99:210
Nevada, "American Golden Opal" from (GN)W99:212
New York diamond market (Hasenfeld)F99:44–45
V
Venezuela
diamond mining and production in (GN)W99:209–210
Vesuvianite
from Romania (Ionescu)F99:139
Z
Zachery treatment
of turquoise (Fritsch)Sp99:4ff
Zambia
spessartine from (GN)W99:217
Zincite
synthetic, simulating sphalerite (GN)Sp99:57
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