DIAMONDS

• Update on diamond trading in Sierra Leone
• Jewelry repair damages a diamond

COLORED STONES AND ORGANIC MATERIALS

• Green augelite from Peru
• Bicolored beryl from the Erongo Mountains, Namibia
• Diopside from Afghanistan
• California jadeite with copper inclusion
• Labradorite from Chihuahua, Mexico
• Gem news from Mogok, Myanmar
• Moonstone from Madagascar
• A large phenomenal fire opal with possible uranium-related luminescence
• “Sunset quartz”: A new gem material from Brazil
• Swedish Blue (slag) and Swedish Iron Ore
• Tourmaline mining at Nandihizana, Madagascar
• Green uvite from Afghanistan

SYNTHETICS AND SIMULANTS

• Synthetic corundum “gem rough” in Tanzania
• Small treated synthetic pink diamonds set in a ring

TREATMENTS

• Update on “chocolate” Tahitian cultured pearls
• Treated violetish blue to violet quartz from Brazil
• Circular ring-like inclusions in a diffusion-treated sapphire
• Diffusion-treated synthetic sapphire with unusual fluorescence

CONFERENCE REPORTS

• 32nd Annual GSJ Gemological Conference
• International Mineralogical Association Biennial Meeting