Winter 2002 Gem News International
Kimberley Process Ratified
Colored Stones and Organic Materials
Alexandrite from Mananjary, Madagascar
Color-Change Apatite from Kazakhstan
New Emerald Find from the Chivor Region, Colombia
Important Discovery of Jadeite in Guatemala
Faceted Milarite with Unusual Inclusions
Spinel Crystal with an Unusual Shape
More Tourmaline from Warner Springs, California
Faceted Rossmanite and other Tourmalines from Nigeria
Uvite Tourmaline from Afghanistan
Synthetics and Simulants
An Assembled Agate “Nodule”
A Glowing Manufactured Gem
“Rainbow Calsilica”
Heat Treatment Experiments on Faceted Amber
An Update on Be-Diffused Corundum
Orange Topaz with Synthetic Hematite Coating
Conference Reports
Diamond Presentations at the Annual Australian Diamond Conference
Antwerp Diamond Conference
Antwerp Gem Conference
Announcements
Beryllium: A Known Carcinogen
Conferences
PDAC 2003 Will Take Place in Toronto in March
Basel 2003 Scheduled for April
Moscow Gemology Colloquium Takes Place in Moscow in April
Gems and Industrial Minerals Conference Will Occur in Reno in May
GAC-MAC-SEG Meeting Set for Vancouver in May
Maine Pegmatite Workshop Included in Field Studies
Kimberlite Conference Planned in Victoria in June
In Memoriam
Prof. Dr. Pieter C. Zwaan, 1928–2002, Gems & Gemology author and noted gemologist
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