IGR – Italian Gemological Review #7 – Summer 2019 – International Edition

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IN THIS ISSUE:

• Editorial – For sensationalistic ecological parades, gems are an easy target (Paolo Minieri)

• The Diamond View – A glance at the enemies of diamonds. The alleged ethical primacy of synthetic diamonds and market difficulties (Sergio Sorrentino)

• 10X – From the analyst’s notebook. An investigation on a red faceted stone (Carlo Cumo)

• GEM NEWS – From conflict to development. The Kimberley process revised
• GEM NEWS – After synthetic diamonds the natural ones. The Swarovski revolution lies in the brand promoting both
• GEM NEWS – Taxation hits harder Gemfields Zambian revenues as the company quits amethyst mining
• GEM NEWS – Anti theft ID for diamonds developed by GGTL
• GEM NEWS – VicenzaOro September 2019 is coming. Technology and design for the European operators
• GEM NEWS – Circumventing the war trade. India cuts Chinese lab-grown diamonds sustaining employment in Surat
• GEM NEWS – New jobs for women and old tunnels for guaqueros. Fura Gems bets on Coscuez emeralds

• GEMS OF ITALY –  Prehnite – Quartz – Rhodonite – Sarcolite – Scheelite – Selenite – Serpentine – Smithsonite – Dendritic spessartine

• ETHICAL STONES – Man-made diamonds are diamonds too. This new extended definition isolates the FTC from European standards (Paolo Minieri)

• The 709 carat diamond, Rapaport, ethics and auctions in Sierra Leone (Domenico Angelino)

• Bixbite: the rarest common gem in the world (Michele Macrì)

• The version of Field Gemologist Vincent Pardieu (Simon Dussart)

• Poly-material ornaments: the Iron Age amber fibulae (Nunzia Laura Saldalamacchia)