Check out some of the most interesting and unusual diamonds and coloured stones submitted to GIA’s laboratories in 2019.
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Looking for a gift for someone special? December’s birthstones offer a treat for every taste, style and personality – even if it’s not their birth month.
Read MoreNature gives us a brilliant palette of colour-changing leaves and a spectacular kaleidoscope of colourful sunsets during the autumn season.
Read MoreThe fashion trend of colourblocking can be found in the artistic combinations of colour in multicoloured gemstones known for their colour zoning or banding.
Read MorePresents a group of corundum standards developed by GIA to improve the accuracy and efficiency of its laser ablation–inductively coupled plasma–mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) instruments.
Read MoreThese red, pink and orange hued gems evoke passion and excitement – and are sure-fire accessories for sultry summer days.
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G&G Brief presents an overview of the content of the Summer 2015 issue of Gems & Gemology.
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G&G Brief presents an overview of the content of the Spring 2015 issue of Gems & Gemology.
Read MoreThe heat treatment of corundum involving lattice diffusion of beryllium (Be) at temperatures over 1800°C has become a major issue in the gem trade.
Read MoreMost Russian hydrothermal synthetic rubies and pink, orange, green, blue and violet sapphires—coloured by chromium and/or nickel—reveal diagnostic zigzag or mosaic-like growth structures associated with colour zoning.
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