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 Volume 13, February 1977 - November 1979
Volume 13, Number 1, February 1977
BLACK OPAL B. O'Leary  3
THE STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS OF ELEPHANT IVORY G. Brown, 
A.J. Moule 
13
G.I.A. DEBUTS NEW EDUCATIONAL CENTRE    19
THE GEOLOGY OF THE MOON A.J.W. Gleadow  22

Volume 13, Number 2, May 1977

BLACK CORAL - TRUE OR FALSE G. Brown  35
THE JEWELLERS EYE R. Webster  43
DROUGHT BONANZA FOR PROSPECTORS    46
THE STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS OF VARIOUS IVORIES G. Brown, 
A.J. Moule 
47
DID YOU KNOW?    62

Volume 13, Number 3, August 1977

THE GOLDSMITH’S WORKSHOP IN ROMAN BRITAIN P.A. Clayton  67
PASTE OR GLASS J. Snow  71
HOW TO BUY A PEARL E. Kihara  75
THE ALTERATION OF COLOUR OF GEMSTONES E. Skinner-Nixon  85

Volume 13, Number 4, November 1977

SOME EXOTIC MINERALS OF WESTERN TASMANIA W.E. Baker  99
NATURAL OR SYNTHETIC OPAL R.A. Ball  104 
ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE OF EMERALDS D.R. Hutton, 
E.N. Barrington 
107
SYNTHETIC OPAL P.J. Darragh, 
A.J. Gaskin, 
J.V. Sanders 
109
VIKING TREASURES    120
THAT LOOKS INTERESTING LET'S PUT IT UNDER THE MICROSCOPE D. Smith  121
ATOMIC LATTICE OF GOLD Gold Bulletin  127

Volume 13, Number 5, February 1978

IDENTIFICATION OF SYNTHETIC OPAL R.A. Ball  131
THE BURINUT - A NEW SOURCE OF VEGETABLE IVORY G. Brown  134
WHY A DIAMOND? Adamas  141
HISTORICAL DIAMONDS De Beers Consolidated Mines  144
SLOCUM STONE P.J. Darragh, 
J.V. Sanders 
146
FROM RUSSIA WITH KIMBERLITE Retail Jeweller  150
OPIUM DEALERS ARE SWITCHING TO JADE Retail Jeweller  153
STONES SEEN    154
IMITATION OPAL R.A. Ball  156
FIRST TOOL OF GEMMOLOGY WON'T COST YOU A PENNY W.Wm. Hanneman  159

Volume 13, Number 6, May 1978

A QUESTION OF COLOUR A. Farn  163
NEW DIAMOND SIMULANT MAY FOOL THE UNWARY A. Hodgkinson  165
CORAL RETURNS TO FASHION Retail Jeweller  169
NOTES ON SAPPHIRES FROM STREAM GRAVELS AT FRAZER'S CREEK IN GLEN INNES AREA, NSW. I.A. Mumme, 
R.A. Ball 
173
GAMMA-RAY SPECTROPHOTOMETRY    176
THE LITTLE RIVER SAPPHIRE LEASE I.A. Mumme  177
HISTORICAL DIAMONDS De Beers Consolidated Mines  180

Volume 13, Number 7, August 1978

THE REFRACTORY METAMORPHIC GEMSTONES OF AUSTRALIA A.F. Wilson  203
A NOTE ON THE STRUCTURE OF THE FIRE AGATE R.A. Ball  210
A.J.A. - G.A.A. CO-OPERATION - FACT OR MYTHOLOGY G. Brown  213 
HISTORICAL DIAMONDS De Beers consolidated Mines  220
THE STAR OF SIERRA LEONE De Beers Consolidated Mines  222
KAURI-GUM G. Brown  225
IDAR-OBERSTEIN S. & H. Martin  232
IRRADIATION OF GEMSTONES I. Mumme  236
THE PRODUCTION OF INTERFERENCE BY THE FIGURE-O-SCOPE J. Snow  237
THE IDENTIFICATION OF SOME RARE ORGANIC GEM MATERIALS G. Brown  238

Volume 13, Number 8, November 1978

BEFORE THE GEMS CAME THE CRYSTALS A.E.Alexander  247
CRYSTAL IMPERFECTIONS IN NATURAL GEM DIAMOND P.R.W. Hudson  253
RECOGNITION OF SYNTHETIC OPAL N.P. Jamieson  259
GEMMOLOGICAL LITERATURE YOU SHOULD READ G. Brown  261
NEW OPAL IMITATION Gemmological Study Group  273
THE COLOURATION OF MT. SURPRISE TOPAZ BY GAMMA IRRADIATION I.A. Mumme, 
L. Sebright 
274
TESTING BY TOUCH J. C. Ellison  279
THE FAR EASTERN GEM DEPOSITS A.E. Alexander  280
HOW TO FEEL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A DIAMOND AND A CUBIC ZIRCONIA H. Anderson  285

Volume 13, Number 9, February 1979

RHODONITE OR PINK JASPER R.B. Kelly  291
POROUS GILSON SYNTHETIC BLACK OPAL A.D.C Robertson  297
THE USE OF THE FIGURE-O-SCOPE IN GEMMOLOGY J.J. Snow  301
OPAL REFERENCES AND ABSTRACTS - PART II R.A. Ball, 
N. Clayton 
307

Volume 13, Number 10, May 1979

WHY SAPPHIRES FROM SRI LANKA DIFFER FROM THOSE FROM AUSTRALIA A.F. Wilson  315
DESIGNED TO DETECT DJEVALITE Retail Jeweller  317
AMETHYST - NATURAL OR NOT? R.A. Powell  321
THE HAZARDS OF GEMMOLOGY Grahame Brown  325
PRODUCTION OF ZIRCONIA AND OTHER SYNTHETIC GEM MATERIALS BY THE SKULL- MELTING TECHNIQUE I.A. Mumme  333
OPAL REFERENCES AND ABSTRACTS - PART II R.A. Ball, 
N. Clayton 
334

Volume 13, Number 11, August 1979

DIAMOND - TRUE OR FALSE? G. Brown  341
ORGANIC GEM MATERIALS - WHAT TO LOOK FOR G. Brown, 
D. Lund 
352
TREATED BRAZILIAN OPAL G. Brown, 
J. Snow 
359
OPALS FROM THE AIR Uniken  362
OPAL REFERENCES & ABSTRACTS - PART II R.A. Ball, 
N. Clayton 
363

Volume 13, Number 12, November 1979

NATURAL AND RADIATION INDUCED COLOURATION OF SMOKY QUARTZ R. Powell  373
SAPPHIRE AND SILK R.A. Ball. 
I.A. Mumme 
379
SUGGESTIONS FOR NOMENCLATURE OF OPALS J.D. Altmann  383
SYNTHETIC OPAL FOR NATURAL OPAL R.A. Ball  386
A NOTE ON THE SERPENTINE IN LUCKNOW, N.S.W. R. Powell  387
AN UNUSUAL AGATE R.A. Ball  390
CORALLIUM PRECIOUS CORALS G. Brown  391

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