Summer 2008

Gemological Abstracts

COLORED STONES AND ORGANIC MATERIALS
57Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy, X-ray single-crystal diffractometry, and electronic structure calculations on natural alexandrite. S.-U. Weber [sven.weber@sbg.ac.at], M. Grodzicki, W. Lottermoser, G. J. Redhammer, G. Tippelt, J. Ponahlo, and G. Amthauer, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, Vol. 34, No. 7, 2007, pp. 507–515.

Fossil pearls: Very old, very rare. R. Torrey, Pearl World, Vol. 17, No. 3, 2008, pp. 3–5.

Infrared spectroscopic study of modern and ancient ivory from sites at Jinsha and Sanxingdui, China. L. Wang [wangling@cdut.edu.cn], H. Fan, J. Liu, H. Dan, Q. Ye, and M. Deng, Mineralogical Magazine, Vol. 71, No. 5, 2007, pp. 509–518.

"Keshis" et nouvelles perles de culture d’eau douce de Chine ["Keshis" and new Chinese freshwater cultured pearls]. E. Strack, Revue de Gemmologie, No. 162, 2007, pp. 9–10 [in French].

DIAMONDS
A contribution to the understanding of pink color in diamond: The unique, historical "Grand Condé." E. Fritsch, B. Rondeau [benjamin.rondeau@univ-nantes.fr], T. Hainschwang, and M.-H. Quellier, Diamond and Related Materials, Vol. 16, No. 8, 2007, pp. 1471–1474.

In the cut. R. Murphy, W, Vol. 37, No. 3, 2008, pp. 282–284.

Detection of diamond in ore using pulsed laser Raman spectroscopy. G. H. Lamprecht [gert.lamprecht@debeersgroup.com], H. G. C. Human, and L. W. Snyman, International Journal of Mineral Processing, Vol. 84, 2007, pp. 262–273.

Les diamants de couleur naturelle [Natural fancy colored diamonds]. T. Haddad and A.-F. Fourre, Revue de Gemmologie, No. 162, 2007, pp. 11–14 [in French].

Investigating large vacancy clusters in type IIa diamond with electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS). R. Barnes [rachelbarnes1983@hotmail.com], U. Bangert, and A. Scott, Physica Status Solidi (a), Vol. 204, No. 9, 2007, pp. 3065–3071.

La mine de Williamson [The Williamson mine]. S. Scalie, M. Philippe, and D. Sirakian, Revue de Gemmologie, No. 159, 2007, pp. 21–25 [in French].

On the role of nitrogen in stiffening the diamond structure. S. G. Nailer, M. Moore [m.moore@rhul.ac.uk], J. Chapman, and G. Kowalski, Journal of Applied Crystallography, Vol. 40, No. 6, 2007, pp. 1146–1152.

GEM LOCALITIES
La colline aux aigues-marines d’Opanayake, Sri Lanka [The aquamarine hill of Opanayake, Sri Lanka]. P. Algier [pascal@planetgem.com], Revue de Gemmologie, No. 161, September 2007, pp. 15–21 [in French].

Il mistero delle dendriti indiane [The mystery of Indian dendrites]. M. Campos Venuti and M. Pantò, Rivista Gemmologica Italiana, Vol. 2, No. 3, 2007, pp. 181–191 [in Italian].

Noble gases in corundum megacrysts from the basalts in Changle, Shandong Province, eastern China. W. X. Hu [huwx@nju.edu.cn], Y. C. Song, X. M. Chen, M. X. Tao, and L. P. Zhang, Chinese Science Bulletin, Vol. 52, No. 3, 2007, pp. 380–387.

JEWELRY HISTORY
The Treasure of Guarrazar: Tracing the gold supplies in the Visigothic Iberian Peninsula. M. F. Guerra, T. Calligaro, and A. Perea, Archaeometry, Vol. 49, No. 1, 2007, pp. 53–74.

SYNTHETICS AND SIMULANTS
HPHT synthesis of large single crystal diamond doped with high nitrogen concentration. Y. Zhang, C. Zang, H. Ma [maha@jlu.edu.cn], Z. Liang, L. Zhou, S. Li, and X. Jia, Diamond and Related Materials, Vol. 17, 2008, pp. 209–211.

TREATMENTS
On the interaction of molecular hydrogen with diamonds: An experimental study using nuclear probes and thermal desorption. A. A. Shiryaev [shiryaev@ns.crys.ras.ru], D. Grambole, R. Rivera, and F. Herrmann, Diamond and Related Materials, Vol. 16, No. 8, 2007, pp. 1479–1485.

MISCELLANEOUS
Diamond detail and gem fraud status. J. D. Boles [bgi@bgiuk.com], Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance, Vol. 16, No. 1, 2008, pp. 77–84.

Farming miners or mining farmers? Diamond mining and rural development in post-conflict Sierra Leone. R. Maconachie [r.maconachie@ids.ac.uk] and T. Binns, Journal of Rural Studies, Vol. 23, 2007, pp. 367–380.

Girls’ best friends. C. Batchelor, Financial World, December–January 2007–08, pp. 50–51.

An old threat in a new setting: High prevalence of silicosis among jewelry workers. N. Murgia [nicola.murgia@med.unipg.it], G. Muzi, M. dell’Omo, D. Sallese, C. Ciccotosto, M. Rossi, P. Scatoloini, A. Zingarelli, M. P. Accattoli, D. Melchiorri, and G. Abbritti, American Journal of Industrial Medicine, Vol. 50, 2007, pp. 577–583.