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 Volume 12, February 1974 - November 1976
Volume 12, Number 1, February 1974
GEMMOLOGY UNDER DIFFICULTIES W. Gower  3
GEM QUALITY KYANITE CRYSTALS FROM THE HARTS RANGE, NORTHERN TERRITORY P. A. Males  5
STONES SEEN AND DISCUSSED    9
ILMENITE CRYSTALS ASSOCIATED WITH RUTILATED QUARTZ, FROM BRAZIL P. A. Males  11
REAL SYNTHETIC ALEXANDRITE; PARAMAGNETIC STAR  DIOPSIDE  13
IRIDESCENCE IN MARINE SHELLS R.A. Ball, 
A.S. Malin 
14
SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT AGATE FORMATIONS OF SCOTLAND S. Sim  16

Volume 12, Number 2, May 1974

GEMSTONES IN AND OUT OF THE AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM COLLECTIONS F.L. Sutherland, J.E. Hingley  31
“1925 . . . AND ALL THAT” B.W. Anderson  37
THE JET AGE Professor C. E. Marshall  42
DISCUSSION ON AGATE R.A. Ball  55
BRAZILIAN PRECIOUS OPAL P.A. Males  56
ARCHIVES OF THE GAA P.B. Lapworth  61

Volume 12, Number 3, August 1974

SHORT CUTS TO CERTAINTY B. W. Anderson  71
A GEMMOLOGICAL NEWSLETTER FOR STUDENTS AND OTHERS    74 
A GEMMOLOGICAL STUDY OF EMERALD FROM POONA, W.A. J. M. Graindorge  75
"PILBARRA JADE" H.W. Fander  80
SYNTHETIC DIAMONDS Professor H. C. Bolton  81
INDUSTRIAL DIAMONDS G.J. Gellie  84
LIESEGANG RINGS R. A. Ball  89
MEXICAN ONYX AND OTHER MARBLES P.A. Males  92
SYNTHETIC-LIKE FLUORESCENCE IN NATURAL SAPPHIRE G. Tombs  94
FURTHER COMMENTS ON THE DOUBLE DISPERSION DESIGN S. Suzuki  95
CONSUMER PROTECTION IN THE LIMELIGHT J.H. Oughton  98

Volume 12, Number 4, November 1974

TREATED STONES J.H. Oughton  111
A SURVEY OF SOME RESEARCH WORK ON IMPURITIES IN GEMS C.M. Scala  119
PERIDOT ON ROSS ISLAND, ANTARCTICA A.T. Wilson, 
C.H. Hencly, 
A.M.Taylor 
124
“PILBARA JADE" D.R. Hudson  127
THE PHANTOM TABLE P.W. Leadbeater  135
NEW MINING LEGISLATION IN NEW SOUTH WALES    140

Volume 12, Number 5, February 1975

AGATE PART 1: A REVIEW - GENESIS AND STRUCTURE R.A. Ball, 
R.L. Burns 
143
EMERALD OCCURRENCE NEAR MENZIES, WESTERN AUSTRALIA G.B. Whitfield  150
CLASSIFICATION AND NOMENCLATURE OF PRECIOUS OPAL N.A. Clayton  152
VALE - JACK OUGHTON G.A. Tombs  154
PRECIOUS OPAL IN QUEENSLAND B.R. Senior  155
THE DISCOVERY OF CAP-QUARTZ IN NORTHERN N.S.W., AUSTRALIA R.E. Brown  156
ELECTROMAGNETIC RESONANCE IN YELLOW SAPPHIRES E.N. Barrington  159
A DEFINITIVE TEST FOR GOLDEN SAPPHIRES C.M. Scala, 
D.R. Hutton 
160
JADE IMITATORS J. H. Oughton  161

Volume 12, Number 6, May 1975

OPAL FROM COOLGARDIE, WESTERN AUSTRALIA R.A. Ball  171
ROCKS, GEMS AND MINERALS OF OLARY I.A. Mumme  173
NOTES ON THE IDENTIFICATION OF GILSON SYNTHETIC OPALS G.A.Tombs  179
Opal References and Abstracts R.A. Ball, 
N. Clayton 
181
STONES SEEN: IN SHOP WINDOWS L. Sabine  

Volume 12, Number 7, August 1975

QUO VADIS, GEMMARIUS? C.E. Marshall  203
CHINAMAN'S HATS K.A. Sheens  208
STONES SEEN K. Cronstedt  209
CRYSTALLOGRAPHY IS FUN J. & P. Sutton  210
NEPHRITE JADE DEPOSITS, COWELL, SOUTH AUSTRALIA D. Nichol  220
NEW SYNTHETIC GEMS SET A PROBLEM J.H. Oughton  222

Volume 12, Number 8, November 1975

ORIGIN OF VOLCANIC OPAL FROM HOUGHLAHAN'S CREEK I.A. Mumme, 
L. Seibright, 
R. Ball 
235
THE RADIOPACITY OF SOME COMMON GEM MATERIALS G. Brown, 
A.J. Moule. 
R. O’Neil 
241
JET P. Lapworth  248
MINERAL COLLECTING W. Birch  251
STONES SEEN L. Hennessy, 
C. Eglington 
258

Volume 12, Number 9, February 1976

J.H. Oughton Memorial Issue
A TRIBUTE TO JOHN H. OUGHTON R. Wolf  264
THE LATE J. H. OUGHTON P.B. Lapworth  265
FAKES AND FRAUDS - CAVEAT EMPTOR J.H. Oughton  267
DIAMOND, YAG AND OTHER SIMULANTS J. H. Oughton  272
THE DIRECT VISION SPECTROSCOPE J. H. Oughton  276
WHERE TO FROM HERE? J. H. Oughton  283
A REVIEW OF THE THERMAL PROPERTIES OF NATURAL GEM DIAMOND P.R.W. Hudson  286

Volume 12, Number 10, May 1976

Gold In Jewellery M.J. Cole  299
Quartz Polyhedroids In Australia B.M. England  303
Thailand-Gem Cutting and Trading J.A.L. Pavitt  307
Ruby Corundum From The Harts Range N.T. P.A. Males  310

Volume 12, Number 11, August 1976

CALCULATING RADIOPACITY H. Magryn  323
INDONESIAN OPAL B.O'Leary, 
R.A. Ball 
327
STONES SEEN    330
HORN – SOME ASPECTS OF INTEREST TO GEMMOLOGISTS G. Brown  331
THE ELECTROPOLISHING OF PRECIOUS METALS AND THEIR ALLOYS J. M. Newburn  339

Volume 12, Number 12, November 1976

OPAL IN SOUTH WESTERN QUEENSLAND R.A. Ball, 
A. Daniels 
359
TWO INTERESTING ZINC MINERALS M.J. O'Donoghue  364
EMERALDS --- THREE FOR $1.50 B. Chambers  365
TWO NEW PRECIOUS CORALS FROM HAWAII G. Brown  371
ABSTRACTS OF THE 25TH INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGICAL CONGRESS    378

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