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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

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.

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Diamond Research Gives Clues to the Formation of the Continents

Karen V. Smit, April 25, 2019

Mineral inclusions trapped in diamonds reveal the continents’ construction – and help GIA researchers date diamonds.

Coesite Inclusions with Filaments in Diamond

Evan M. Smith, Christopher Vendrell, and Paul Johnson, January 27, 2017

Inclusions with unusual formation are found in a treated Fancy Vivid yellow diamond.

Iridescent colors of the ferropericlase inclusion.

Ferropericlase Inclusion in Diamond

Evan M. Smith and Kyaw Soe Moe, January 27, 2017

An iridescent inclusion may reveal a diamond’s subsurface origin.

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

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Autumn 2015 G&G: Trapiche Emeralds, Synthetic Diamonds and a Large Diamond Source

Russell Shor, November 4, 2015

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

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

Russell Shor, August 14, 2015

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

Xenotime Inclusion in Yellow Diamond

Kyaw Soe Moe, Martha Altobelli, and Paul Johnson , October 31, 2014

Presents what is believed to be the first report of a xenotime inclusion in gem-quality diamond.

Bright yellow diamonds from Sierra Leone

James Shigley and Christopher M. Breeding, January 31, 2014

Examination of strongly yellow diamonds from the Zimmi area of Sierra Leone revealed graphitised feather inclusions.

Diamond with High Concentration of Nickel

Troy Ardon, October 17, 2013

Analysis of Fancy Light greenish yellow diamond leads to detection of nickel, as well as an inclusion that gives a colour-change effect.

Fish-Like Inclusion Found in Fancy Yellow "Cape" Diamond

Martha Altobelli, GIA , July 1, 2013

A recent lab examination at GIA New York revealed an inclusion in a rectangular Fancy Yellow called "pareidolia", which means it was a resemblance of the scales and form of a fish.

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