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Table of Contents

Summer 2006, Volume 42, Issue 2

 

EDITORIAL

GIA Celebrates 75 Years p.95-p.96
Alice S. Keller
Letters p.97

FEATURE ARTICLES

Applications of Laser Ablation-Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) to Gemology p.98-p.118
Ahmadjan Abduriyim and Hiroshi Kitawaki
The Cullinan Diamond Centennial: A History and Gemological Analysis of Cullinans I and II p.120-p.132
Kenneth Scarratt and Russell Shor
The Effects of Heat Treatment on Zircon Inclusions in Madagascar Sapphires p.134-p.150
Wuyi Wang, Kenneth Scarratt, John L. Emmett, Christopher M. Breeding, and Troy R. Douthit

NOTES & NEW TECHNIQUES

Faceting Transparent Rhodonite from Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia p.151-p.158
Paul W. Millsteed

REGULAR FEATURES

Lab Notes p.160-p.168
Featured Lab Note: Coated Pink Diamonds p.166-p.167
Gem News International p.169-p.188
Featured Gem News International: Herderite from Pakistan p.174-p.175
Featured Gem News International: Lead Glass-Filled Ruby Bead Necklace p.186-p.187
Book Reviews p.189-p.191
Gemological Abstracts p.192-p.203



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