DIAMONDS

• Kimberley Process ratified.

COLORED STONES AND ORGANIC MATERIALS

• Alexandrite from Mananjary, Madagascar. Color-change apatite from Kazakhstan.
• New emerald find from the Chivor region, Colombia.
• Important discovery of jadeite in Guatemala.
• Faceted milarite with unusual inclusions.
• Spinel crystal with an unusual shape.
• More tourmaline from Warner Springs, California.
• Faceted rossmanite and other tourmalines from Nigeria.
• Uvite tourmaline from Afghanistan

SYNTHETICS AND SIMULANTS

• An assembled agate “nodule.”
• A glowing manufactured gem.
• “Rainbow Calsilica.”

TREATMENTS

• Heat treatment experiments on faceted amber.
• An update on Be-diffused corundum.
• Orange topaz with synthetic hematite coating.

CONFERENCE REPORTS

• Diamond presentations at the annual Australian Diamond Conference.
• Antwerp Diamond Conference.
• Antwerp Gem Conference.

IN MEMORIAM
Prof. Dr. Pieter C. Zwaan, 1928-2002