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IN THIS ISSUE:
- Editorial – J’accuse. A complaint about the damage caused in Italy by the mushrooming proliferation of do-it-yourself gemstone “graders” (Paolo Minieri)
- 10X – Our friends the inclusions. The detective at the party of inclusions. Tenth episode (Luigi Costantini and Claudio Russo)
- GEM NEWS – CIBJO guide for pearls to help bring order to an evolving industry
- GEM NEWS – GIA report may not be enough, if a synthetic diamond with similar characteristics can replace the originally certified natural one
- GEM NEWS – The first live scientific gemmology event! The 3rd National Diamond and Coloured Gems Conference ready to kick off in Bari
- GEM NEWS – Presences from all over the world: VicenzaOro September is back
- GEM NEWS – The third embargo on Myanmar is a different one. Now it goes straight to the core of the military’s interests in jade and rubies
- GEM NEWS – Diamond Foundry gets funded and revamped as Pandora says bye-bye to natural diamonds
- GEM NEWS – SSEF and University of Basel explore Afghan emerald “Panjshir Type II” in greater depth
- GEM NEWS – Diamond disappointment in South Africa, they were nothing but rock crystals. The underground lottery instead rewards Botswana with a 1,098 carat rough diamond
- GEM NEWS – Alrosa launches nano-marking technology and a scanner to “read” its diamonds
- Gem pegmatites: descriptive summary (Peter Lyckberg)
- A lesson from Jeffery Bergman, a master gemologist and a world respected gem dealer who started from the bottom by licking opals (Simon Dussart)
- Lapidary technology through the ages: laps and polish (Justin K Prim)
- LETTERS TO IGR – Biron hydrothermal emerald, perhaps not everyone knows that… (Alberto Malossi)
- COUNTER-GEMOLOGY – Pandora’s box and the diamond assassination attempt on the occasion of May 5th (The “Bad-Mouthed Jiminy Cricket”: Luigi Costantini)
ON THE COVER:
“The Ship”, a super-rare gem-blue tourmaline from the Pederneira mine, Brazil. The 56 cm specimen is now owned by collector Chris Burch. (Photo: James Elliott/Fine Minerals International)
