Summer 2001 Gem News International
Royal Asscher Cut
Diamonds in Canada: An Update
Field Excursion to Canadian Diamond Mines
Diamond Presentations at the PDAC Conference
A Table with Trigons
Colored Stones and Organic Materials
Amber (“Burmite”) from Myanmar: Production Resumes
Cat’s-Eye Amethyst from Brazil
Brownish Red to Orange Gems from Afghanistan/Pakistan Misrepresented as Bastnäsite
Spinel with Clinohumite from Mahenge, Tanzania
An Interesting Engraved Emerald
Unusual Rutilated Quartz
Important New Ruby Deposits in Eastern Madagascar: Chemistry and Internal Features
The New Ruby Deposits in Eastern Madagascar: Mining and Production
Ruby Crystal with Large Mobile Gas Bubble
A Brownish Green Sapphire, with Pyrochlore Inclusions
Update on the Vortex Sapphire Mine, Yogo Gulch, Montana
Canary Tourmaline from Malawi
A Bismuth-Bearing Liddicoatite from Nigeria
Synthetics and Simulants
“Jurassic Bugs” Amber Imitation
Deceptive Assembled Diamond Imitations from Brazil
Enamel-Backed Quartz as a Star Sapphire Imitation
Miscellaneous
11th Annual V. M. Goldschmidt Conference
Gemological Conference at the Moscow State Geoprospecting Academy
A Visit to the Harvard Tourmaline Exhibit
Announcements
AGTA announces changes to Spectrum Awards
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