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IN THIS ISSUE:
- Editorial – For a Gemmology Driven by Wide-ranging, Feverish Curiosity, Challenging the Clichés of Sensationalism (Paolo Minieri)
- 2025: The Winds of Change. Merging Digitalization and Human Experience in the Diamond Trade (Sergio Sorrentino)
- 10X – Our Friends the Inclusions. The Detective at the Party of Inclusions. Eighteenth Episode (Luigi Costantini and Claudio Russo)
- GEM NEWS – Geography of Aquamarines: A Study of Science, Color, and Price
- GEM NEWS – Naples, Italy to Host the 7th Edition of “Diamond and Colored Stones: National Conference of Gemmology”
- GEM NEWS – Zircons from Southeast Vietnam: New Perspectives in Geology and Gemology
- GEM NEWS – De Beers’ progress on the geographic traceability of diamonds with advanced Artificial Intelligence and scanning technologies
- GEM NEWS – Tucson 2025: A Breakthrough Solution for Professional Diamond Grading
- GEM NEWS – New Discoveries on Nigerian Gahnite by Shanghai University: Analytical Techniques and Gemological Implications
- GEM NEWS – GIA Introduces Advanced Filler Identification for Emeralds
- GEM NEWS – Gemfields’ Growth Challenged by Unrest and Illegal Mining in Cabo Delgado’s Ruby Mines
- GEM NEWS – Fluid and Melt Inclusions in Earth Sciences: Highlights from the Second Italian Workshop in Palermo
- GEM NEWS – Gems Keep Giving and the Ten Pins Supporting Mining Communities: The Project Backed by Petramundi and Margherita Burgener
- Jedi Spinel Crystals: Polished by the Spirits (Jeffery Bergman)
- Richa Goyal Sikri presents her Book in Collaboration with Gemfields, “No Stone Unturned” (Simon Dussart)
- LAB NOTES – An Emerald Simulant in Green Plastic with Inclusions (Flavio Butini, Enrico Butini and Francesca Gaeta)
- LETTERS TO IGR – Gemology in Italy: Challenges in Accessing the Profession, Inadequate Advanced Training, and the Need for Official Regulation (Marco Palumbo)
- COUNTER-GEMOLOGY – Vincent Pardieu vs. National Geographic: Exposing False Claims of Deforestation in Madagascar. Documented Facts vs. Sensationalized Ethics (The “Bad-Mouthed Jiminy Cricket”: Luigi Costantini)
ON THE COVER:
A natural sapphire trilliant cut. Sri Lanka or Madagascar? (Photo: Arjuna Irsutti x Gil Yuda)
