Figure 1. Left: 18K yellow gold “Flames” ring with 25.19 ct Mexican fire opal. Right: This 18K yellow gold “Spice” ring ...

CARLSBAD, Calif. – June 2, 2025 – Beginning later this year, GIA (the Gemological Institute of America) will start using descriptive terms to characterize the quality of laboratory-grown diamonds and ...

In the last few years, the influx of synthetic diamonds into the market has sparked tremendous interest in the laboratory growth of this beautiful and fascinating gemstone. The chart provided here ...

Figure 1. Sapphires from Madagascar: a beautiful 3.29 ct untreated faceted stone and an assortment of rough in the background. Madagascar has produced many high-quality stones in the last few years ...

Diamonds have a long history as a premier gemstone—a natural consequence of their beauty, rarity, and superlative physical properties such as extreme hardness. Diamonds that are mined for use as ...

The Surat laboratory recently examined a 3.14 ct F-color oval brilliant diamond grown by chemical vapor deposition (CVD). The diamond featured a single dark brown band measuring ~2.2 mm in length that ...

このレポートには期間限定の割引が適用されます。 カリフォルニア州カールスバッド-2024年4月16日-宝石学の世界的権威であるGIA（米国宝石学会）は、印刷されたAGS Ideal® レポートの提供を ...

The micro-world of gems lies at the very core of gemology. Information gathered from observations through the microscope serves as the very foundation for many conclusions drawn on a specimen, ...

Jadeite jade is one of the most important aggregate gems in today’s global marketplace, with known sources in Myanmar, Japan, Russia, and Guatemala. Among them, Myanmar is the most legendary and still ...

Figure 1. Corundum is an example of a negative uniaxial mineral. This ruby crystal in matrix from Mogok, Myanmar, is approximately 6.15 cm in length. The cut gem is a 3.22 ct unheated ruby, also from ...

Earth’s surface is divided into tectonic plates, and the ones that make up the ocean floor are destined to sink. Sheets of oceanic crust typically bend and sink down into Earth’s interior at so-called ...

Several vendors at both the AGTA and GJX shows carried large and attractively colored “Edison” pearls from China (see C. Zhou et al., “Detection of color treatment and optical brightening in Chinese ...