DIAMONDS

• A natural diamond with very high Ni content.

COLORED STONES AND ORGANIC MATERIALS

• Adularescent chalcedony from Iran.
• Clinohumite from the Pamir Mountains, Tajikistan.
• Corundum-fuchsite-kyanite rock from India.
• A new gem material from Madagascar: A mixture of cristobalite and opal.
• Jeremejevite from Madagascar.
• Kyanite from Tanzania.
• Sapphires from Afghanistan and Pakistan. 
• Sapphires from Baffin Island, Canada.
• Unusual star and “cat’s-eye” sapphire.
• Large cat’s-eye topaz from Ukraine.
• A notable triplite from Pakistan.
• Update on several gem localities in Zambia and Malawi.

INCLUSIONS IN GEMS

• Barite “spears” in fluorite.
• Arizona peridot with unusual inclusions.
• Double-eye chatoyant quartz.
• Graphite inclusions in quartz from Brazil.
• Quartz with molybdenite.
• Rutile “moth” in quartz.

SYNTHETICS AND SIMULANTS

• Synthetic Verneuil corundum with unusual color zoning.
• Imitation clam “pearl.”