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GIA Researchers Evaluate ‘Light Performance’ and Diamond Cut

The phrase “light performance” gets a lot of loose use in the diamond trade, but what does it mean when someone is actually looking at a diamond?

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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

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

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An oval shaped 33.40 ct white Australian opal and diamond pendant/brooch set in platinum.
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The Enigmatic Gemstone: Opal’s Playful Dance with Light

Opal’s play-of-colour is a lyrical dance: sometimes a grand jeté of bold, broad flashes of colour or smaller, quicksteps of pinpoint flashes.

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A heart-shaped piece of pink drusy hangs from a gold chain.
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Dreamy Drusy: Minute Crystals Shimmer in Dramatic Designs

Drusy jewellery has surged in popularity in recent years. Celebrities wear it on the red carpet and designers clamour for it at gem shows.

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Synthetic Star Sapphires and Rubies Produced by Wiede’s Carbidwerk, Freyung, Germany

Details the process used by Wiede’s Carbidwerk to produce star synthetic corundum from the mid-1950s until the 1970s.

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Causes of Iridescence in Natural Quartz

Describes the occurrence of iridescence, and the role of differential etching, in quartz crystals from India’s Jalgaon District.

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Three pieces of labradorite with yellow, blue and green flashes of color.
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Optical Effects of Phenomenal Cabochons

Learn how the structure, inclusions and properties of some gemstones interact with light to create unusual visual effects.

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Tucson: A Showcase of Coloured Gemstone Innovation

An overview of the Spring 2016 Gems & Gemology content.

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Pyrope Garnet and Montana Sapphires Highlight Winter 2015 G&G

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

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Garnets, Sapphires, Opals and Tarnish on High-Purity Gold

An overview of the Winter 2015 Gems & Gemology content.

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