COLORED STONES AND ORGANIC MATERIALS

• Amber: Art or artifact, one of the world’s most precious discoveries. A. Wilkie, Elle Décor, Vol. 10, No. 4, June 1999, pp. 100–102.
• Fluid inclusions in emeralds from schist-type deposits. I. Moroz and Y. Vapnik, Canadian Gemmologist, Vol. 20, No. 1, 1999, pp. 8–14.
• Mechanism for kosmochlor symplectite and compositional variation zoning in jadeite jade. L. Qi, S. Zheng, and J. Pei, Journal of Gems & Gemmology, Vol. 1, No. 1, 1999, pp. 13–17 [in Chinese with English abstract].
• Market overview of saltwater and freshwater cultured pearls in China. C. M. Ou-Yang, Journal of the Gemmological Association of Hong Kong, Vol. 20, 1997–1998, pp. 8–13.
• Oxygen isotopes and emerald trade routes since antiquity. G. Giuliani, M. Chaussidon, H. J. Schubnel, D. H. Piat, C. Rollion-Bard, C. France-Lanord, D. Giard, D. de Narvaez, and B. Rondeau, Science, Vol. 287, No. 5453, January 28, 2000, pp. 631–633.
• Study on clinopyroxene minerals of jadeite jade. T. Zou, X. Yu, F. Xia, and W. Chen, Journal of Gems & Gemmology, Vol. 1, No. 1, 1999, pp. 27–32 [in Chinese with English abstract].
• Myanmar steps up production. P. Sutton, Jewellery New Asia, No. 176, April 1999, pp. 76–78, 80–81, 83.
• Türkis [Turquoise]. extraLapis, No. 16, 1999, 96 pp. [in German]

DIAMONDS

• ‘Aquarium’ set to revolutionise diamond security. Mining Journal, London, Vol. 332, No. 8522, March 12, 1999, p. 176.
• Characterization of a notable historic gem diamond show-ing the alexandrite effect. T. Lu, Y. Liu, J. Shigley, T. Moses, and I. M. Reinitz, Journal of Crystal Growth, Vol. 193, 1998, pp. 577–584.
• The effect of structure development in electron-irradiated type Ia diamond. T. D. Ositinskaya and V. N. Tkach, Journal of Materials Science, Vol. 34, No. 12, 1999, pp. 2891–2897.
• How to steal a diamond. M. Hart, Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 283, No. 3, March 1999, pp. 28, 30, 32, 34.
• A simple model to describe the anisotropy of diamond polishing. F. M. van Bouwelen and W. J. P. van Enckevort, Diamond and Related Materials, Vol. 8, March 1999, pp. 840–844.

GEM LOCALITIES

• Guatemala jadeitites and albitites were formed by deuterium-rich serpentinizing fluids deep within a subduction zone. C. A. Johnson and G. E. Harlow, Geology, Vol. 27, No. 7, July 1999, pp. 629–632.
• Le jade-jadeite du Guatemala—Archeologie d’une redecouverte [Jadeite jade: Archaeology of a rediscovery]. F. Gendron, Revue de Gemmologie, No. 136, February 1999, pp. 36–43 [in French].
• Möng Hsu ruby revisited—Some further data. U. T. Hlaing, Australian Gemmologist, Vol. 20, No. 7, 1999, pp. 289–292.
• Sapphire fever. Life, March 2000, pp. 28–30, 33.

INSTRUMENTS AND TECHNIQUES

• Light years ahead. D. A. Yonick, Basel Magazine, No. 7, October 1999, pp. 47–48, 50–51.
• Modern mineral identification techniques: Part I—WDS and EDS. T. Nikischer, Mineralogical Record, Vol. 30, No. 4, 1999, pp. 297–300.

JEWELRY RETAILING

• Going global. M. Z. Epstein, American Jewelry Manufacturer, Vol. 44, No. 3, March 1999, pp. 74–79.
• How I lost that sale. W. G. Shuster, Jewelers Circular Keystone, Vol. 170, No. 10, October 1999, pp. 114–116.
• Quality: Biggest influence in consumer’s choice. Jewellery News Asia, No. 180, August 1999, p. 45.
• Won’t you e-my valentine? J. B. Weinbach, Wall Street Journal, January 21, 2000, p. W6.

MISCELLANEOUS

• Gem futures: Trends in colored stones, diamonds, and pearls. D. A. Yonick, American Jewelry Manufacturer, Vol. 44, No. 6, June 1999, pp. 44–49.
• Refocusing De Beers. C. Gordon, Basel Magazine, No. 1, April 1999, pp. 53–54, 56.
• Training to win. M. Z. Epstein, American Jewelry Manufacturer, Vol. 44, No. 7, July 1999, pp. 51–59.

Gemological Abstracts Editor:
A. A. Levinson, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
 
Review Board:
Troy Blodgett - GIA Gem Trade Laboratory, Carlsbad
Anne M. Blumer - Bloomington, Illinois
Peter R. Buerki - GIA Research, Carlsbad
Jo Ellen Cole - GIA Museum Services, Carlsbad
R. A. Howie - Royal Holloway, University of London
Mary L. Johnson - GIA Gem Trade Laboratory, Carlsbad
Jeff Lewis - San Diego, Carlsbad
Wendi M. Mayerson - GIA Gem Trade Laboratory, New York
Jana E. Miyahira-Smith - GIA Education, Carlsbad
Kyaw Soe Moe - GIA Gem Trade Laboratory, Carlsbad
Maha Tannous - GIA Gem Trade Laboratory, Carlsbad
Rolf Tatje - Duisburg, Germany
Sharon Wakefield - Northwest Gem Lab, Boise, Idaho
June York - GIA Gem Trade Laboratory, Carlsbad