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Three round brilliant diamonds in a row
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GIA Researchers Evaluate ‘Light Performance’ and Diamond Cut

The phrase “light performance” gets a lot of loose use in the diamond trade, but what does it mean when someone is actually looking at a diamond?

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A face-up view of a cushion cut diamond with blue color.
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Gems & Gemology’s 7 Most Unusual Encounters from 2019

Check out some of the most interesting and unusual diamonds and coloured stones submitted to GIA’s laboratories in 2019.

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Three pieces of labradorite with yellow, blue and green flashes of color.
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Optical Effects of Phenomenal Cabochons

Learn how the structure, inclusions and properties of some gemstones interact with light to create unusual visual effects.

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GG WN15 Cover
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Pyrope Garnet and Montana Sapphires Highlight Winter 2015 G&G

G&G Brief presents an overview of the content of the Winter 2015 issue of Gems & Gemology.

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The round brilliant is the most popular diamond cut. Because of its popularity, assessment of this cut has been the subject of considerable research. Courtesy of Harold & Erica Van Pelt.
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Diamond Cut: The Wow Factor

Learn the basics of the GIA Cut Grading System for round brilliant cut diamonds to help pick out your perfect diamond.

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Summer G&G 2015
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Summer 2015 G&G: Dual-Stars, Photomicrography Guide, Rubies from Tajikistan, New Micro-World Section

G&G Brief presents an overview of the content of the Summer 2015 issue of Gems & Gemology.

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A History of Diamond Treatments

Modern gemmologists and diamantaires are faced with a broad spectrum of colour and clarity treatments ranging from the simple to the highly sophisticated.

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Modelling the Appearance of the Round Brilliant Cut Diamond: An Analysis of Fire, and More about Brilliance

This second major article in a three-dimensional modelling study analyses fire – the visible extent of light dispersed into spectral colours.

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Modelling the Appearance of the Round Brilliant Cut Diamond: An Analysis of Brilliance

A mathematical model which can analyse how appearance factors depend on proportions.

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An Update on Filled Diamonds: Identification and Durability

This report focuses on recent products from Yehuda/Diascience, Koss & Schecter Diamonds (Genesis II) and Clarity Enhanced Diamond House (a subsidiary of Goldman Oved Diamond Co.).

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