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Fall 2006, Volume 42, Issue 3


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General Gemology


Color Quantification: A Spectrographic Imaging Approach
Donna Beaton

Rare Reverse Color Change in a Blue Zircon from Myanmar (Burma)
George Bosshart and Walter A. Balmer

Social, Political, Economic, and Gemological Impacts on Pricing Trends
Richard B. Drucker

Luminescence of the Hope Diamond and Other Blue Diamonds
Sally Eaton-Magaña, Jeffrey E. Post, Jaime A. Freitas Jr., Paul B. Klein, Roy A. Walters, Peter J. Heaney, and James E. Butler

Elbaite from the Himlaya Mine, Mesa Grande, California
Andreas Ertl, George R. Rossman, John M. Hughes, Ying Wang, Julie O’Leary, M. Darby Dyar, Stefan Prowatke, and Thomas Ludwig

A Close Look at Gemstone Color Grading: Definition of the Key Color
Yulia Grozman

Natural “CO2-rich” Colored Diamonds
Thomas Hainschwang, Franck Notari, Emmanuel Fritsch, Laurent Massi, Christopher M. Breeding, and Benjamin Rondeau

Genetic Classification of Mineral Inclusions in Quartz
Jaroslav Hyrsl

The Hkamti Jadeite Mines Area, Sagaing Division, Myanmar (Burma)
Robert E. Kane and George E. Harlow

Identification of Pigments in Freshwater Cultured Pearls with Raman Scattering
Stefanos Karampelas, Emmanuel Fritsch, Spyros Sklavounos, and Triantafyllos Soldatos

Quantifiable Cut Grade System within an Educational Setting
Courtenay Keenan, Mike Botha, and Robert Ward

Monochromatic X-Ray Topographic Characterization of Pezzottaite with Synchrotron Radiation
Shang-i Liu, Ming-sheng Peng, and Yu-fei Meng

Universal Color Grading System
Yan Liu

Chameleon Diamonds: A Proposed Model to Explain Thermochromic and Photochromic Behaviors
Laurent Massi, Emmanuel Fritsch, George R. Rossman, Thomas Hainschwang, Stéphane Jobic, and Rémy Dessapt

Source Type Classification of Gem Corundum
Shane F. McClure

Color Communication: The Analysis of Color in Gem Materials
Menahem Sevdermish

Sapphires from Ban Huai Sai, Laos
Sutas Singbamroong, Abdalla Abdelqadir Yousif, and Theerapongs Thanasuthipitak

Fancy-Color Diamonds: Better Color Appearance by Optimizing Cut
Sergey Sivovolenko and Yuri Shelementiev

European Freshwater Pearls: Origin, Distribution, and Characteristics
Elisabeth Strack

Developing Corundum Standards for LA-ICP-MS Trace-Element Analysis
Wuyi Wang, Matthew Hall, Andy H. Shen, and Christopher M. Breeding

 

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