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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.

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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Jewellers to the Maharajas of Jaipur and Modern-Day Moguls

Andrew Lucas, March 18, 2016

Enter a world not well-known in the West—the world of the maharajas and their jewellery, coveted by the modern-day moguls of business, entertainment and royalty. See the fantastic works of art made today in the form of enamelled Kundan meena jewellery and the regal look of polki diamonds.

This microphotograph shows layered growth zoning associated with intense colour zoning in a faceted synthetic alexandrite grown by Creative Crystals Inc.; immersion, field of view 5.3 × 4.0 mm. Photo courtesy of K. Schmetzer, The Journal of Gemmology.

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Decades-Old Synthetic Alexandrite Sheds Light on Modern-Day Research Needs

Jennifer Stone-Sundberg, September 1, 2013

An overview and commentary on the 2012 Journal of Gemmology article, “Flux-grown synthetic alexandrites from Creative Crystals Inc.”

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Sapphire Series Part 3: Modern Synthetic Sapphire Applications

Jennifer Stone-Sundberg, August 21, 2013

The third in the series, "Sapphire: A Crystal With Many Facets," this article looks at various emerging applications for synthetic sapphire.

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Sapphire Series Part 2: The Next Generation of Sapphire Crystal Growth Techniques

Jennifer Stone-Sundberg, August 6, 2013

The second in the series, "Sapphire: A Crystal With Many Facets," this article looks at several advanced growth techniques.

Gemstone Durability: Design to Display

Deborah Dupont Martin, June 1, 1987

A treatise on the design, display, care and repair of fine gemstones.

The Elahera Gem Field in Central Sri Lanka

Mahinda Gunawardene and Mahinda S. Rupasinghe, June 1, 1986

The Elahera gem field currently provides approximately 35% of the gemstones exported from Sri Lanka.

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Abstracts; Autumn 2009

Brendan M. Laurs, Thomas W. Overton

This article, from the Autumn 2009 issue of Gems & Gemology, is a compilation of abstracts of important gemmology-related articles published outside of Gems & Gemology.

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