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Black is beautiful. A. Lohr, Hawaii Business, Vol. 43, No. 9, March 1998, pp. 68-69.
Emerald chemistry from different deposits: An electron microprobe study. I. I. Moroz and I. Z. Eliezri Australian Gemmologist, Vol. 20, No. 2, 1998, pp. 64-69.
Indonesian pearl report. Jewellery News Asia, No. 171, November 1998, pp. 50-68 passim.
A reexamination of the turquoise group: the mineral[sic] aheylite, planerite (redefined), turquoise and coeruleolactite. E.E. Foord and J.E. Taggart Jr., Mineralogical Magazine, Vol. 62, No. 1, 1998, pp. 93-111.
Opal report. C. Dang, Jewellery News Asia, No. 171, November 1998, pp. 74, 76-77, 80, 82-86.
Pearl identification. S. J. Kennedy, Professional Jeweler, Vol. 20, No. 1, 1998, pp. 2-19.
Pearls in the making.A. Mercier and J.-F. Hamel, Islands Business, Vol. 24, No. 4, April 1998, pp. 16-17.
Rossmanite, a new alkali-deficient tourmaline: Description and crystal structure. J. B. Selway, M. Novak, F. C. Hawthorne, P. Cerny, L. Ottolini, and T. K. Kyser, American Mineralogist, Vol. 83, No. 7-8, 1998, pp. 896-900.
Special emerald report. W. Lau, Jewellery News Asia, No. 167, July 1998, pp. 43-52 passim; No. 168, August 1998, pp. 56-70 passim; No. 169, September 1998, pp. 157-168 passim.
Sweet Home rhodochrosite--What makes it so cherry red? K. J. Wenrich, Mineralogical Record, Vol. 29, No. 4, 1998, pp. 123-127.
Troubled waters. D. Ladra, Colored Stone, Vol. 11, No. 4, July-August 1998, pp. 14-19.
Turquoise: Blue sky . . . Blue stone. B. Jones, Rock & Gem, Vol. 28, No. 6, June 1998, pp. 13-15.

DIAMONDS

Argyle's tale: The making of a mine. M. Hart, Rapaport Diamond Report, Vol. 21, No. 30, August 7, 1998, pp. 30, 32.
Argyle extends open pit. Diamond International, No. 54, July-August 1998, pp. 15-16.
Argyle succeeds selling full annual production: No inventory growth. Mazal U'Bracha, Vol. 15, No. 197, November-December 1998, pp. 48-49.
The diamond pipeline into the third millennium: A multi-channel system from the mine to the consumer. M. Sevdermish, A. R. Miciak, and A. A. Levinson, Geoscience Canada, Vol. 25, No. 2, 1998, pp. 71-84.
A gem of a mine. South African Mining, Coal, Gold & Base Minerals, May 1, 1998, pp. 10, 15, 17.
India bounces back Diamond International, No. 55, September-October 1998, pp. 57-60, 62.
India's GJEPC claims negligible level of child labor in Indian diamond industry. Mazal U'Bracha, Vol. 15, No. 106, October-November 1998, pp. 67-70.
Nucleation environment of diamonds from Yakutian kimberlites. G. P. Bulanova, W. L. Griffin, and C. G. Ryan, Mineralogical Magazine, Vol. 62, No. 3, 1998, pp. 409-419.
An oscillating visible light optical center in some natural green to yellow diamonds. I. M. Reinitz, E. Fritsch, and J. E. Shigley, Diamonds and Related Materials, Vol. 7, 1998, pp. 313-316.
Trace element composition and cathodoluminescence properties of southern African kimberlitic zircons. E. A. Belousova, W. L. Griffin, and N. J. Pearson, Mineralogical Magazine, Vol. 62, No. 3, 1998, pp. 355-366.

GEM LOCALITIES

Application of graphite as a geothermometer in hydrothermally altered metamorphic rocks of the Merelani-Lelatema area, Mozambique Belt, northeastern Tanzania. E. P. Malisa, Journal of African Earth Sciences, Vol. 26, No. 2, 1998, pp. 313-316.
Gemstone bonanza at Yogo Gulch. S. Voynick, Wild West, Vol. 11, No. 1, June 1998, pp. 36-41, 81.
Geological evolution of selected granitic pegmatites in Myanmar (Burma): Constraints from regional setting, lithology, and fluid-inclusion studies. K. Zaw, International Geology Review, Vol. 40, No. 7, 1998, pp. 647-662.
Geological setting and petrogenesis of symmetrically zoned, miarolitic granitic pegmatites at Stak Nala, Nanga Parbat-Haramosh Massif, Northern Pakistan. B. M. Laurs, J. D. Dilles, Y. Wairrach, A. B. Kausar, and L. W. Snee. Canadian Mineralogist, Vol. 36, Part 1, 1998, pp. 1-47.
Madagascar rubies debut. G. Roskin, Jewelers' Circular-Keystone, Vol. 169, No. 8, August 1998, pp. 40, 42.
A recent find of kunzite at the historic Katerina mine, Pala District, San Diego County, California. J. Fisher, Mineral News, Vol. 15, No. 1, January 1999, pp. 1, 6-7.
Update on ruby output in Kenya. Jewellery News Asia, No. 170, October 1998, p. 63.

INSTRUMENTS AND TECHNIQUES

The application of ground-penetrating radar to mineral specimen mining. B. K. Lees, Mineralogical Record, Vol. 29, No. 4, 1998, pp. 145-153.

JEWELRY MANUFACTURING AND GEM CUTTING

Automatic bruting. J. Lawrence, Diamond International, No. 52, March-April 1998, pp. 67-69.
The case for CAD/CAM. J. Thornton, American Jewelry Manufacturer, Vol. 43, No. 1, January 1998, pp. 62-65.
Cutters on quartz. S. E. Thompson, Lapidary Journal, Vol. 52, No. 4, July 1998, pp. 21-27.
Electroformed objects for jewelry: Secondary ion mass spectrometry characterization of Au films from CN-free electrolytes. M. Fabrizio, C. Piccirillo, and S. Daolio, Rapid Communication in Mass Spectrometry, Vol. 12, No. 13, 1998, pp. 857-863.
Faceting Angles. G. L. Wykoff, Rock & Gem, Vol. 28, No. 3, March 1998, pp. 52-56, 58.

JEWELRY RETAILING

How to sell to today's bride and groom. D. O' Donoghue, National Jeweler, Vol. 42, No. 13, July 1, 1998, pp. 34, 38.
Selling treated gemstones. R. Weldon, Professional Jeweler, Vol. 1, No. 5, June 1998 et seq.
When a cert can hurt. G. Roskin, Jewelers' Circular-Keystone, Vol. 169, No. 10, October 1998, pp. 98-101.

PRECIOUS METALS

Consumption of silver in 1997 exceeds supply. Jewellery News Asia, No. 168, August 1998, p. 36
A slippery standard for gold prices. K. Clark, U.S. News & World Report, Vol. 125, No. 19, November 16, 1998, pp. 84-85.

SYNTHETICS AND SIMULANTS

Laboratory-created gems grow acceptance at retail. C. Fenelle, National Jeweler, Vol. 42, No. 14, July 16, 1998, pp. 74, 76, 78, 80, 82.

TREATMENTS

Discrimination of a treated jadeite (class B) - judged from the colloidal fillings. W. Su, F. Lu, X. Gu, Y. Wu, J. Zhang, J. Cai, and P. Zhuang, Journal of Chengdu University of Technology, Vol. 25, No. 2, 1998, pp. 349-353 (Chinese with English abstract).
Fracture healing/filling of Möng Hsu ruby. R. W. Hughes and O. Galibert, Australian Gemmologist, Vol. 20, No. 2, 1998, pp. 70-74.
Thais launch ruby disclosure system. M. Elmore, Colored Stone, Vol. 11, No. 6, November-December 1998, pp. 1, 30-33.

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
Michael Gray - Coast to Coast, Missoula, Montana
R. A. Howie - Royal Holloway, University of London
Mary L. Johnson - GIA Gem Trade Laboratory, Carlsbad
Jeff Lewis - GIA Gem Trade Laboratory, Carlsbad
Margot McLaren - GIA, Carlsbad
Elise Misiorowski - Los Angeles, California
Jana E. Miyahira-Smith - GIA Carlsbad
Carol M. Stockton - Alexandria, Virginia
Rolf Tatje - Duisburg University, Duisberg, Germany
Sharon Wakefield - Northwest Gem Lab, Boise, Idaho
June York - GIA Gem Trade Laboratory, Carlsbad

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