GIA ensures accurate gemological measurements across its global laboratories through rigorous metrology practices, including systematic instrument calibration, validation from traceable standards, and ...

Blue diffusion-treated sapphires are becoming more prevalent than ever before. The diffusion technique, which involves the addition of color-causing chemicals during heat treatment, results in a thin ...

Using a multi-step process, Lucent Diamonds has developed a new treatment process for certain natural diamonds that creates colors from pink-purple through red to orangy brown.

The northeastern portion of the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, contains the world's greatest concentration of complex granitic pegmatites, which are especially noted for the production of gem beryl, ...

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Conch "pearls" are calcareous concretions produced by the Queen conch mollusk, Strombus gigas, which is found in various areas of the Caribbean. Although conch"pearls" occur in a range of colors, the ...

Field Report Gems & Gemology, Fall 2013, Vol. 49, No. 3 Three Occurrences of Oregon Sunstone Duncan Pay, Robert Weldon, Shane McClure, and Kevin Schumacher ...

Several diamonds were treated for the purposes of observation and report with a new laser technique which does not show the typical surface-reaching drill hole.

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Gem-quality bright blue to green “Paraíba”-type Cu-bearing tourmaline is now known from deposits in Africa (Nigeria and Mozambique), in addition to three commercial localities in Brazil (in Paraíba ...

Learn more about the GIA Diamond Origin Report service which includes a country of origin opinion for eligible diamonds.