Fall 2008

Gem News International

COLORED STONES AND ORGANIC MATERIALS

Using cucumbers to unearth dendritic agates in central India
Fluorite impersonating blue color-change garnet
Colorless forsterite from Mogok, Myanmar
Colorless forsterite from Tajikistan
Natural impregnation of a rock by copper minerals
Update on the John Saul ruby mine, Kenya
Ruby and other gems from Nanyaseik, Myanmar
An interesting zoned sapphire crystal from Winza, Tanzania
A tourmaline crystal within a crystal
Tourmaline from Muva, Mozambique

INCLUSIONS IN GEMS

Two unusual aquamarines
An interesting rose quartz from Madagascar
Scapolite with diopside inclusions
Spodumene from Afghanistan with unusual inclusions

SYNTHETICS AND SIMULANTS

Two interesting synthetic rubies

MISCELLANEOUS

Update on U.S.-Myanmar import restrictions

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