Recent Publications

2007
Fritz E.A., Laurs B.M., Downs R.T., Costin G. (2007) Rapid Communications: Yellowish green diopside and tremolite from Merelani, Tanzania. Gems & Gemology, Vol. 43, No. 2, pp. 146–148.

Moe K.S., Moses T.M., Johnson P. (2007) Rapid Communications: Polymer-impregnated turquoise. Gems & Gemology, Vol. 43, No. 2, pp. 149–151.

Wang W., Hall M., Breeding C.M. (2007) Rapid Communications: Natural type Ia diamond with green-yellow color due to Ni-related defects. Gems & Gemology, Vol. 43, No. 3, pp. 240–243.

Hainschwang T., Notari F., Anckar B. (2007) Trapiche tourmaline from Zambia.  Gems & Gemology, Vol. 43, No. 1, pp. 36–46.

Moses T., Shigley J., McClure S. (2007) A coat of many colors.  Rapaport Diamond Report, Vol. 30, No. 5 (2 February), pp. 1, 36–37.

Smith C.P., McClure S.F., Eaton-Magaña S., Kondo D.M. (2007) Pink-to-red coral: A guide to determining origin of color.  Gems & Gemology, Vol. 43, No. 1, pp. 4–15.

Shen A.H., Wang W., Hall M.S., Novak S., McClure S.F., Shigley J.E., Moses T.M. (2007) Serenity coated colored diamonds: Detection and durability.  Gems & Gemology, Vol. 43, No. 1, pp. 16–34.

2006
Fritsch E., Rondeau B., Notari F. (2006) Cleavage resistance of plastically deformed natural diamonds revealed by dissolved planar features.  Diamond and Related Materials, Vol. 15, No. 9, pp. 1310–1313.

Hainschwang T., Leggio L. (2006) The characterization of tortoise shell and its imitations.  Gems & Gemology, Vol. 42, No. 1, pp. 36–52.

Hainschwang T., Notari F. (2006) The cause of iridescence in rainbow andradite from Nara, Japan.  Gems & Gemology, Vol. 42, No. 4, pp. 248–258.

Hainschwang T., Notari F. Fritsch E., Massi L. (2006) Natural, untreated diamonds showing the A, B and C infrared absorptions (“ABC” diamonds), and the H2 absorption.  Diamond and Related Materials, Vol. 15, No. 10, pp. 1555–1564.

King J.M., Moses T.M., Wang W. (2006) The impact of internal whitish and reflective graining on the clarity grading of D-to-Z color diamonds at the GIA Laboratory.  Gems & Gemology, Vol. 42, No. 4, pp. 206–220.

Mashkovtsev R.I., Smirnov S.Z., Shigley J.E. (2006) The features of the Cu2+-entry into the structure of tourmaline.  Journal of Structural Chemistry, Vol. 47, No. 2, pp. 252–257.

McClure S.F., Smith C.P., Wang W., Hall M. (2006) Identification and durability of lead glass-filled rubies.  Gems & Gemology, Vol. 42, No. 1, pp. 22–34.

Scarratt K., Pearce C., Johnson P. (2006) A note on a pearl attached to the interior of Crassostrea virginica (Gmelin, 1791) (an edible oyster, common names, American or Eastern oyster).  Journal of Gemmology, Vol. 30, Nos. 1/2, pp. 43–50.

Scarratt K., Shor R. (2006) The Cullinan diamond centennial: A history and gemological analysis of Cullinans I and II.  Gems & Gemology, Vol. 42, No. 2, pp. 120–132.

Shigley J.E., Breeding C., Shen A. (2006) New laboratory-grown diamonds from Chatham Created Gems (in Chinese).  China Gems, Vol. 15, No. 1, pp. 52–55.

Wang W., Scarratt K., Emmett J.L., Breeding C.M., Douthit R. (2006) The effects of heat treatment on zircon inclusions in Madagascar sapphires.  Gems & Gemology, Vol. 42, No. 2, pp. 134–150.

Wang W., Scarratt K., Hyatt A., Shen A.H-T., Hall M. (2006) Identification of „chocolate pearls“ treated by Ballerina Pearl Co.  Gems & Gemology, Vol. 42, No. 4, pp. 222–235.