
サンストーンの旅、第3部: サンストーンビュート
「オデッセイ・サンストーン」シリーズの最終回では、サンストーン・ビュート鉱山(見事な緑色と二色の宝石が豊富に産出される新しい鉱山)を紹介します。


Useful Visual Clue Indicating Corundum Heat Treatment
Shows the conversion of limonitic residues to hematite in surface-reaching inclusions, a practical indication of heat-treated corundum.

Book Review: From a Snowflake to an Iceberg: The McFerrin Collection
By Dorothy McFerrin, publ. by the McFerrin Foundation, College Station, Texas, 2013, US $125

Striving for Timeliness and Synergy
The Fall 2013 issue introduces a new G&G article category—the field report—as well as online features such as videos and slideshows.
Unusual Epigenetic Malachite Discs in Quartz
The uncommon occurrence of epigenetic malachite, as found in this quartz, can result in vivid green color.

Enormous South Sea Cultured Pearl Filled with Cultured Pearls
An unusually large cultured pearl was filled with multiple cultured pearls, perhaps after the emergence of an original single-bead nucleus.

Imitation Rainbow Moonstone Assemblage
Examination of an imitation rainbow moonstone assemblage containing plastic-coated gypsum.

ピンキッシュブラウンの大きなCVD合成ダイヤモンド (英語)
Report on the analysis of an unusually large CVD synthetic diamond, unique in that its Faint to Light pinkish brown color doesn’t appear to be the result of post-growth treatment.

Turquoise with Fingerprint Pattern
A fingerprint pattern, possibly left by human skin oils during the assembly process, is observed in natural turquoise beads.

A Useful Technique to Confirm the Hydrophane Nature of Opal
Observing a water drop’s interaction with opal, as well as refractive index, can confirm a specimen’s hydrophane nature with less risk of breakage than total immersion.

Amber with Insect-Bearing Filling
Natural amber beads were found to have been filled with plastic and a variety of insects.

Diamond with Unusual Laser Manufacturing Remnant
An unusual laser manufacturing remnant, possibly once used to guide a gem cutter, was left behind in a clock-like shape.

Three Occurrences of Oregon Sunstone
Chronicles a visit to the high desert of eastern Oregon to examine commercial sources of this natural copper-bearing feldspar.

The Museum of London’s Extraordinary Cheapside Hoard
The history and mysteries behind a treasure of jewels hidden during the 1600s, a window to the past being fully opened to the public for the first time since a chance discovery a century ago.




「より豊かなことは、より豊かなこと」のバーチャルツアーを体験する
GIA博物館の展示「より豊かなことは、より豊かなこと:Tony Duquette-Hutton Wilkinson(トニー・デュケット-ハットン・ウィルキンソン)の宝飾品 」は、有名なハリウッドのデザイナーによる宝飾品を披露しています。

炭化ホウ素:ブラックダイヤモンドの新たな模造石
Specimen sold as black diamond identified as ceramic material commonly used in hard-plating applications

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