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内容摘要详见《宝石与宝石学》(Gems & Gemology) 2016 年秋季刊。

Studies the formation and chemical composition of the largely unexamined alluvial sapphires from Russia’s Jewish Autonomous District.

Analyzes the gemological and geochemical characteristics of peridot from the Gia Lai province alongside specimens from other localities to gain insight into its formation.

Determines whether blue zircon, inadvertently altered to brown by exposure to long-wave UV radiation, can be restored to its original color through the use of incandescent light.

Reviews the properties of exceptionally pure grandidierite from a new source.

Explores statistical data and defining characteristics of gem-quality CVD synthetic diamonds examined by GIA since 2003.

Reports on exceptionally rare trapiche-patterned rhodochrosite from the famed Capillitas mine in Argentina.

Documents the retrieval and testing of P. maxima cultured pearls from a Lombok hatchery.

Examination of pearls with a dominant purple hue, reportedly from the Spondylus calcifer mollusk.

The first visual record of axinite inclusions in quartz published in the gemological literature.