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Guardians of Trust: GIA’s Innovative Research, Instruments and Services

Russell Shor, September 20, 2019

GIA’s services and instruments have grown in importance and impact as new gem treatments and laboratory-grown gems have entered the market.

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Not All That Glitters is Gold — Sometimes it is Mozambican Rubies

Phoebe Shang, March 9, 2020

Learn about Mozambican rubies, including their mining history, characteristics and market demand.

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

Stuart Overlin, Brooke Goedert and Kellie Giordano, December 13, 2019

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

Inclusions in Natural, Synthetic and Treated Ruby

Nathan D. Renfro, John I. Koivula, Jonathan Muyal, Shane F. McClure, Kevin Schumacher, and James E. Shigley, January 26, 2018

Provides a visual guide to the internal features of natural, synthetic and treated rubies.

Figure 1. One of GIA’s new LA-ICP-MS corundum calibration standards sets (set number 1); the epoxy disk containing the set is 1.5 inches in diameter. NIST SRM 610 and 612 glass standards are included to account for trace and non-trace elements, such as those found in inclusions, that were not incorporated into the synthetic sapphire crystals grown for standards. Photo by Jennifer Stone-Sundberg.

Accurate Reporting of Key Trace Elements in Ruby and Sapphire Using Matrix-Matched Standards

Jennifer Stone-Sundberg, Timothy Thomas, Ziyin Sun, Yunbin Guan, Zachary Cole, Randy Equall, and John L. Emmett, January 26, 2018

Presents 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.

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Pyrope Garnet and Montana Sapphires Highlight Winter 2015 G&G

Russell Shor, February 1, 2016

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

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Low-Temperature Heat Treatment of Mozambique Ruby

Vincent Pardieu, Sudarat Saeseaw, Stanislas Detroyat, Victoria Raynaud, Supharat Sangsawong, Thitima Bhusrisom, Sasithorn Engniwat and Jonathan Muyal, April 28, 2015

Report on changes in Mozambique ruby following low-temperature heating, observed using inclusion analysis, FTIR spectroscopy and LA-ICP-MS.

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De Beers Reduces Rough Prices – Too Little?

Russell Shor, May 19, 2015

De Beers reduces rough prices at May sight, undisclosed treated diamonds submitted to GIA, and Sotheby’s and Christie’s sales break auction records − again.

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Corundum Source Types

Learn more about corundum sources and GIA’s source type classification system, detailing the relationship between source type and geographic origin.

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Spring 2015 G&G Examines Blue Spinel, Chinese Jewellery Design and the Latest in Synthetics

Russell Shor, June 12, 2015

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

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