Spring 2007 Gem News International
Colored Stones and Organic Materials
“Emerald” Green Fluorite from India
Cat’s-Eye Leifite from Mont Saint-Hilaire, Canada
Play-of-Color Opal from Piauí, Brazil
Prehnite from Merelani, Tanzania
Colorado Rhodochrosite Near End of Availability
Serpentinite from Argentina, Marketed as “Andes Jade"
New Variscite Production from Western Australia
Instruments and Techniques
Portable Raman Spectrometer and the Crystal Sleuth Software
GNI Regular Features
Colored Stones and Organic Materials
Amethyst from the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Color-Zoned Andradite from Iran, with Calcite Inclusions
Emerald with Unusual Growth Features
Grossular and Clinozoisite from San Diego County, California
New Pegmatite Gem Production from Tsarafara, Madagascar
Pezzottaite from Myanmar
Cat’s-Eye Prehnite
Cat’s-Eye Topaz from Sri Lanka
Tourmaline (Dravite and Liddicoatite) from Northeastern Mozambique
Turquoise from Nacozari, Sonora, Mexico
Treatments
Lead Glass–Filled Rubies with Hollow Backs Set in a Closed Back Mounting
Miscellaneous
October 2006 Myanmar Gem Emporium, and Other Gem News from Myanmar
Announcements
G&G Online Calendar
Exhibits
Colored Diamonds at the London Natural History Museum
Bernd Munsteiner Carvings at the GIA Museum
Symbols of Identity—Jewelry of Five Continents
French Jewelry at the Legion of Honor
Native American Jewelry
Gold at AMNH
Jewelry of Ben Nighthorse
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