Whimsical windmill-like inclusions are found in a high-quality orange specimen of the rare mineral sphalerite.

Lotus Gemology in Bangkok received a large parcel of dark red spinels for identification.

Mineral and fluid phases within negative crystals in metamorphic sapphires provide us with general information on the sapphire and the trapped fluid itself.

Rubies from Mozambique, which were examined at the Lotus Gemology lab in Bangkok, proved to be infilled with böhmite, a secondary mineral in corundum.