Gem News International

Fall 2002 Gem News International

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Diamonds

Australia’s Ellendale Diamond Mine Opens

Colored Stones and Organic Materials

Aquamarine and Spessartine from Tanzania

Brown Beryl from Mozambique

Yellowish Green and Green Chrysoberyl from Ilakaka, Madagascar

“Tashmarine”: Diopside from Central Asia

Carved Emeralds from the Malagana Archeological Site in Colombia

Hemimorphite from Congo

Jeremejevite from the Erongo Mountains, Namibia

New Morganite Mine in Madagascar

Update on Some Namibian Gem localities

Some Interesting New Opals from Brazil

Bicolored Spessartine from Brazil

Pink/Yellow Spodumene from Afghanistan

Synthetics and Simulants

Some Glass Imitations Encountered in Namibia

Plastic and Steel Pearl Imitations

Miscellaneous

Gem Cutting Factories in Namibia

Conference Reports

Gemstone Deposits of Colorado and the Rocky Mountain Region

Gemological Reports at Namibian Geological Conference

Announcements

Yearly Updates to the G&G “Twenty Year” Index

New Map of Russian Gem Resources

Conferences

Australian Diamond Conference Scheduled for December in Perth

ICA Congress Will Occur in Jaipur, India, in January 2003

Exhibits

GIA Museum Exhibits in Carlsbad

Events at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History

Gems at the Bowers Museum Extended

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