Summer 1996 Gem News International

Diamonds
Diamond with a Fluorescent Phantom Crystal
Tairus Synthetic Diamonds in Jewelry
Colored Stones
Anorthosite Rock with Uvarovite Garnet "Speckles"
Update on Porous Chrysocolla-Colored Chalcedony
Chatoyant Clinochlore from Russia
Cat's-Eye Diopside from Southern India
Garnets from Mozambique
Green-and-White Jadeite from Russia
Visit to Myanma Gems Museum
Variegated Translucent Jasper from Mexico
An Unusual Morganite
Scottish Pearls
Rubies from Madagascar
Sapphire Mining in Kanchanaburi
Update on Tanzanite Mining
"Golden" Tourmaline from Kenya
Treatments
Novel Opal Doublets from Brazil
Sapphires with "Induced" Stars
Synthetics and Simulants
Manufactured Composite Material Imitating Jadeite
"Drusy" Silicon, a Computer-Industry By-Product
A Convincing Tanzanite Substitute
"Tavalite," Cubic Zirconia Colored by an Optical Coating
Announcements
Sixth Annual Cutting Edge Awards
Gem-Related Exhibits at American Museums
Special Synthetics Exhibit at the Sorbonne

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