Gems & Gemology Fall 2019, Vol. 55, No. 3

Fall 2019 G&G Publication Information


Editorial Staff

Editor-in-Chief  
Duncan Pay
Editors, Lab Notes 
Thomas M. Moses
Shane F. McClure
Contributing Editors 
James E. Shigley
Raquel Alonso-Perez
Donna Beaton
Managing Editor 
Stuart D. Overlin
Editors, Micro-World 
Nathan Renfro
Elise A. Skalwold
John I. Koivula
Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
Alice S. Keller
Associate Editor
Brooke Goedert
Editors, Gem News 
Emmanuel Fritsch
Gagan Choudhary
Christopher M. Breeding
Customer Service
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Technical Editors
Tao Hsu
Jennifer Stone-Sundberg
Assistant Editor
Erin Hogarth
 

Production Staff

Creative Director
Faizah Bhatti
Photographer
Robert Weldon
Illustrator
Russel Samson
Production and Multimedia Specialist​
Juan Zanahuria
Photo/Video Producer
Kevin Schumacher
 
Multimedia Associate
Christopher Bonine
Video Production
Larry Lavitt
Pedro Padua
Nancy Powers
Albert Salvato
Betsy Winans
 

Editorial Review Board

Ahmadjan Abduriyim
Tokyo, Japan
A.J.A. (Bram) Janse
Perth, Australia
George R. Rossman
Pasadena, California
Timothy Adams
San Diego, California
Mary L. Johnson
San Diego, California
Andy Shen
Wuhan, China
Edward W. Boehm
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Anthony R. Kampf
Los Angeles, California
Guanghai Shi
Beijing, China
James E. Butler
Washington, DC
Robert E. Kane
Helena, Montana
James E. Shigley
Carlsbad, California
Alan T. Collins
London, UK
Stefanos Karampelas
Manama, Bahrain​
Elisabeth Strack
Hamburg, Germany
John L. Emmett
Brush Prairie, Washington
Lore Kiefert
Lucerne, Switzerland
Nicholas Sturman
Bangkok, Thailand
Emmanuel Fritsch
Nantes, France
Ren Lu
Wuhan, China
Fanus Viljoen
Johannesburg, South Africa
Eloïse Gaillou
Paris, France
Thomas M. Moses
New York, New York
Wuyi Wang
New York, New York
Gaston Giuliani
Nancy, France
Aaron Palke
Carlsbad, California​
Christopher M. Welbourn
Reading, UK
Jaroslav Hyršl
Prague, Czech Republic
Nathan Renfro
Carlsbad, California
Chunhui Zhou
New York, New York
Dorrit Jacob
Sydney, Australia
Benjamin Rondeau
Nantes, France
J.C. (Hanco) Zwaan
Leiden, The Netherlands​

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