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Shining a Light on Gemstone Properties: An Exploration of Photoluminescence Spectroscopy
Photoluminescence spectroscopy examines how gemstones absorb and emit light, uncovering crucial details about their identity and color origin through the detection of microscopic defects and impurities.
Infrared Spectroscopy and Its Use in Gemology
Infrared spectroscopy, specifically FTIR analysis, measures atomic vibrations to determine identity, cause of color, and potential treatments by analyzing how a gemstone absorbs infrared light.
Application of UV-Vis-NIR Spectroscopy to Gemology
UV-Vis-NIR spectroscopy measures how gemstones absorb and interact with light across the ultraviolet, visible, and near-infrared ranges, revealing crucial information about their composition, origin, and potential treatments.

Analytical Techniques in Gemology: A Historical Overview
Gemology has become a highly technical field employing analytical instruments for gem testing, driven by the need to address increasingly complex identification challenges in the marketplace.

Rare Musgravite Crystal in Green Sapphire
A surface-reaching crystal in a green sapphire is identified as musgravite.

“Rose” Quartz
Examination of rock crystal quartz spheres reveals rose-like hematite inclusions.

“Out of the Darkness” …and Into the Light of Diamond Fluorescence
A unique art piece crafted with more than 9,200 diamonds is examined at GIA’s Carlsbad laboratory.
Hedenbergite in Quartz
Examination of polished quartz samples reveals crystal inclusions identified as hedenbergite and sphalerite.

Master Diamond Cutter Harvey Lieberman
A look at Harvey Liberman’s career as a renowned diamond cutter in New York’s Diamond District.

Ruby with Synthetic Overgrowth Lining Cavities
An unusual area of granular texture lining the cavity of a ruby indicates synthetic overgrowth.

Iridescent Tubes in Pezzottaite
A large purplish pink pezzottaite with growth banding and tube inclusions is examined in the Carlsbad laboratory.

New Production of Sapphire from Matepwende, Tanzania
Reports on the study of sapphire samples from a newly discovered source in southern Tanzania.




