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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.

Sapphire Chart Article: Suggested Reading on Sapphires and Their Inclusions

August 7, 2017

Suggested Reading on Sapphires and their Inclusions

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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.

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Brendan M. Laurs, Thomas W. Overton

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

Abstracts; Winter 2010

Brendan M. Laurs, Thomas W. Overton

This article, from the Winter 2010 issue of Gems & Gemology, is a compilation of abstracts of important gemmology-related articles published outside of Gems & Gemology.

Abstracts; Winter 2009

Brendan M. Laurs, Thomas W. Overton

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

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.

Abstracts; Winter 1991

Dona M. Dirlam

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

Abstracts; Autumn 1991

Dona M. Dirlam

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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