Examines dissolution features of heliodor and green beryl from a Ukrainian pegmatite field and offers criteria to distinguish them from samples found in other localities.
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Diamond formed at incredible depth shows evidence of radioactive fluids in cavities surrounded by green fluorescence halos.
Read MoreSignificant amounts of gem-quality sodalite/hackmanite—some unusually transparent—have been produced.
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Each level of the vertical Hidden Gems exhibit offers a different theme at the San Diego Natural History Museum.
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The Perot Museum of Nature and Science promotes public interest in mineral studies with The Year of Mineralogy exhibit.
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GIA’s postdoctoral program gives researchers access to gemological data, equipment and rare, unusual and large gems in its laboratories.
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Discusses the unusual surface characteristics of ekanite from secondary deposits in Sri Lanka.
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Davemaoite identified in a diamond from Orapa, Botswana.
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Characterizes yellow topaz from this historical source, with particular emphasis on its photoluminescence behavior.
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Extensive analysis of early beads and pendants from archaeological sites in the French islands of the Lesser Antilles identified the objects as sudoite, which has never before been documented in any lapidary production.
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