Whimsical windmill-like inclusions are found in a high-quality orange specimen of the rare mineral sphalerite.

Lotus Gemology in Bangkok received a large parcel of dark red spinels for identification.

Rubies from Mozambique, which were examined at the Lotus Gemology lab in Bangkok, proved to be infilled with böhmite, a secondary mineral in corundum.

Mineral and fluid phases within negative crystals in metamorphic sapphires provide us with general information on the sapphire and the trapped fluid itself.