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A yellowish green glass with numerous wollastonite needles similar in appearance to the horsetail inclusions in demantoids.
Wollastonite in Devitrified Glass Imitating Horsetail Inclusions in Demantoid Garnet

A yellowish green specimen with horsetail-like inclusions is found to be glass rather than demantoid garnet.

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

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

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Abstracts; Summer 1991

From the Summer 1991 issue of Gems & Gemmology, a summary of important gemmology-related articles published in other journals.

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Mildly Radioactive Rhinestones and Synthetic Spinel-And-Glass Triplets | Gems & Gemmology

Low levels of radioactivity were found in some greenish yellow to yellow-green (peridot-like) synthetic spinel-and-glass triplets, mirror-backed glass rhinestone chatons and fully fashioned glass rhinestones.

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'Cobalt-Blue' Gem Spinels
'Cobalt-Blue' Gem Spinels

Similarities between natural spinels - with intense blue colour - and synthetic material, have led to difficulties in the recognition of the natural stones by traditional methods.

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Abstracts; Autumn 1991

This article, from the Autumn 1991 issue of Gems & Gemology, is a compilation of abstracts of important gemmology-related articles published outside of Gems & Gemology.

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This rough spinel, submitted as a diamond, displayed trigons orientated in the direction opposite to that of the crystal face.
Spinel submitted as diamond

It is a rare occurrence when a diamond simulant submitted to a GIA laboratory turns out to be a natural gemstone.

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