Summer 2010 Gem News International
Unusual Facet Arrangement Produces Scalloped Appearance in Diamond
Colored Stones and Organic Materials
Chrysocolla Chalcedony from Acari, Peru
Recent Finds Of Kunzite in Pala, California
Natural Pearls of the Pectinidae Family: Review and Origin of Color
More on Ruby from Cabo Delgado, Mozambique
Ruby, Sapphire, and Spinel Mining In Vietnam: An Update
Sphene from Northern Pakistan
Spinel from Bawma, Myanmar
Tsavorite and Other Green Garnets Reportedly from Afghanistan
Synthetics and Simulants
An Unusual Lab-Grown Garnet: Calcium Niobium Gallium Garnet
Glass Imitations of Emerald with Straight Zones
“Nanogems”—A New Glass-Ceramic Material
Serpentine Doublets, Sold as Pietersite, from Arizona
Treatments
A Composite Coral Bangle
Lead Glass-Filled Ruby in Antique Jewelry
Tanzanite and Other Gems Set with Colored Adhesive
Conference Reports
1st Italian Conference on Scientific Gemology
Sinkankas Symposium 2010—Gem Feldspars
Miscellaneous
Gem News from Myanmar
Announcements
Updated CIBJO Blue Books Released
In Memoriam
Roy E. “Chip” Clark (1947-2010), scientific and studio photographer
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