COLORED STONES AND ORGANIC MATERIALS

The changing opal market. P. B. Downing, Lapidary Journal, Vol. 57, No. 7, 2003, pp. 62–66.

Crystallographic position of Mn³⁺ in violet tourmaline. R. V. Shabalin and B. B. Shkurski, Gemological Bulletin, No. 9, 2003, p. 26–30 [in Russian with English abstract].

An interesting Australian abalone pearl. S. M. B. Kelly and G. Brown, Australian Gemmologist, Vol. 21, No. 12, 2003, pp. 498–501.

Relationship between the groove density of the grating structure and the strength of iridescence in mollusc shells. Y. Liu, K. N. Hurwit, and L. Tian, Australian Gemmologist, Vol. 21, No. 10, 2003, pp. 405–407.

Rock-forming moissanite (natural a-silicon carbide). S. Di Pierro, E. Gnos, B. H. Grobety, T. Armbruster, S. M. Bernasconi, and P. Ulmer, American Mineralogist, Vol. 88, Nos. 11–12, 2003, pp. 1817–1821.

DIAMONDS

Diamonds: Time capsules from the Siberian mantle. L. A. Taylor and M. Anand, Chemie der Erde: Geochemistry, Vol. 64, No. 1, 2004, pp. 1–74.

DTC sightholders. P. Insch, Rough Diamond Review, No. 3, December 2003, pp. 13–15.

Seeking the origin of carbon in diamond. P. Cartigny, Rough Diamond Review, No. 3, December 2003, pp. 39–42.

Spectroscopic and morphological characteristics of diamonds from the Grib kimberlite pipe. R. M. Mineeva, A. V. Speranskii, S. V. Titkov, O. M. Zhilicheva, L. V. Bershov, O. A. Bogatikov, and G. P. Kudryavtseva, Doklady of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Earth Science Section, Vol. 394, No. 1, 2004, pp. 96–99.

GEM LOCALITIES

Der Pegmatit von Anjahamiary bei Fort Dauphin, Madagaskar [The Anjahamiary pegmatite near Fort Dauphin, Madagascar]. F. Pezzotta and M. Jobin, Lapis, Vol. 29, No. 2, 2004, pp. 24–28 [in German].

Genesis of amethyst geodes in basaltic rocks of the Serra Geral Formation (Ametista do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil): A fluid inclusion, REE, oxygen, carbon, and Sr isotope study of basalt, quartz, and calcite. H. A. Gilg, G. Morteani, Y. Kostitsyn, C. Preinfalk, I. Gatter, and A. J. Strieder, Mineralium Deposita, Vol. 38, No. 8, 2003, pp. 1009–1025.

Jurassic to Miocene magmatism and metamorphism in the Mogok metamorphic belt and the India-Eurasia collision in Myanmar. M. E. Barley, A. L. Pickard, K. Zaw, P. Rak, and M. G. Doyle, Tectonics, Vol. 22, No. 3, 2003, pp. 4-1–4-11.

Lambina opalfield: An update. J. Townsend, Australian Gemmologist, Vol. 21, No. 12, 2003, pp. 490–494.

Les gisements de corindon: Classification et genèse [Corundum deposits: classification and origin] and Les placers à corindon gemme [Gem corundum placer deposits]. V. Garnier, G. Giuliani, D. Ohnenstetter, and D. Schwarz, Le Règne Minéral, No. 55, 2004, pp. 7–35 and 36–47 [in French with English abstract].

Rare gem mineral deposits from Brazil. Part 2: Lazulite and scorzalite. M. L. de Sá C. Chaves, J. Karfunkel, A. H. Horn, and D. B. Hoover, Australian Gemmologist, Vol. 21, No. 10, 2003, pp. 390–399.

Spectroscopic and related evidence on the coloring and constitution of New Zealand jade. C. J. Wilkins, W. C. Tennant, B. E. Williamson, and C. A. McCammon, American Mineralogist, Vol. 88, No. 8/9, 2003, pp. 1336–1344.

INSTRUMENTS AND TECHNIQUES

An assessment of nuclear microprobe analyses of B in silicate minerals. H. Skogby, P. Kristiansson, and U. Hålenius, American Mineralogist, Vol. 88, No. 10, 2003, pp. 1601–1604.

Large OPL^TM diffraction grating spectroscope. T. Linton, A. Cumming, and K. Hunter, Australian Gemmologist, Vol. 21, No. 10, 2003, pp. 410–412.

The petrographic microscope: Evolution of a mineralogical research instrument. D. E. Kile, Mineralogical Record, Special Publication No. 1, 2003, 96 pp.

Possibilities of laser ablation–inductively coupled plasma–mass spectrometry for diamond fingerprinting. M. Resano, F. Vanhaecke, D. Hutsebaut, K. De Corte, and L. Moens, Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, Vol. 18, No. 10, 2003, pp. 1238–1242.

JEWELRY RETAILING

Hot rocks. T. Treadgold, BRW [Business Review Weekly, Australia], Vol. 26, No. 20, 2004, pp 98–101.

SYNTHETICS AND SIMULANTS

Fe and Ni impurities in synthetic diamond. Y. Meng, M. Newville, S. Sutton, J. Rakovan, and H.-K. Mao, American Mineralogist, Vol. 88, No. 10, 2003, pp. 1555–1559.

Features of beryllium aluminate crystal growth by the method of horizontally oriented crystallization. V. V. Gurov, E. G. Tsvetkov, and A. G. Kirdyashkin, Journal of Crystal Growth, Vol. 256, No. 3–4, 2003, pp. 361–367.

Growth of 15-inch diameter sapphire boules. C. P. Khattak, P. J. Guggenheim, and F. Schmid, in R.W. Tustison, Ed., Window and Dome Technologies VIII, Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 5078, 2003, pp. 47–53.

35 years on: A new look at synthetic opal. A. Smallwood, Australian Gemmologist, Vol. 21, No. 11, 2003, pp. 438–447.

TREATMENTS

Change of cathodoluminescence spectra of natural diamond with HPHT treatment. H. Kanda and K. Watanabe, Diamond and Related Materials, Vol. 13, No. 4–8, 2004, pp. 904–908.

MISCELLANEOUS

Depositional placer accumulations in coarse-grained alluvial braided river systems. J. P. Burton and P. Fralick, Economic Geology, Vol. 98, No. 5, 2003, pp. 985–1001.