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 Volume 15, February 1983 - November 1985
Volume 15, Number 1, February 1983
INVITATION TO HOBART P. Hickman  2
ELUCIDATING THE OPTICAL THEORY OF CHATOYANCY A. Wuthrich, 
M. Weibel, 
E. Gubelin 
3
HARTS RANGE HESSONITE. H. Bracewell, 
G. Brown 
6
PRECIOUS OPAL FROM NEW ZEALAND R.A. Ball  12
SEISMIC GEM PROSPECTING G. Pearson  17
A NEW SYNTHETIC EMERALD G.A. Tombs  24

Volume 15, Number 2, May 1983

RHINOCEROS HORN G. Brown  38
IRRADIATION OF SPODUMENE G. Pearson  45
AZURITE FROM THE ECLIPSE MINE A. D. Robertson  46
GUTTA-PERCHA G. Brown, 
A. J. Moule 
50
MT ISA IOLITE G. Brown, 
H. Bracewell 
53
THE REGENCY SYNTHETIC EMERALD G. Brown, 
J. Snow 
57

Volume 15, Number 3, August 1983

CERTIFICATION OF OPAL G. Sherman  71
A PROPOSAL FOR THE CLASSICICATION OF OPALS J.V. Sanders  75
THE ASSESSMENT OF GEMSTONE COLOURS G. Brown  81
THE QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION OF THE COLOUR OF  DIAMONDS: Abstract Journal of the Gemmological Society of Japan  91

Volume 15, Number 4, November 1983

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS ON J.R. Holdsworth  103
DIRECT X-RADIOGRAPHY OF PEARLS G. Brown  105
DIAMOND GRADING SYSTEM FOUNDATIONS AND COMPARISONS G. Tombs  124
The KYOWA GR1 GEMMOLOGICAL REFRACTOMETER Instrument Evaluation Committee  130

Volume 15, Number 5, February 1984

THE DIAMOND INDUSTRY J.E. Roux  143
INCLUSIONS IN SYNTHETIC CORUNDUM BY CHATHAM G. Brown  149
AN UNUSUAL CULTURED PEARL NECKLACE Gemmology Study Club Report  155
BITS & PIECES Instrument Evaluation Committee  158
NEGATIVE INCLUSIONS IN ZIRCON FROM ANAKIE A.D. Robertson  164
INCLUSIONS IN BIRON SYNTHETIC EMERALDS G. Brown, 
J. Snow 
167

Volume 15, Number 6, May 1984

EXPERIMENTAL PEARL RADIOGRAPHY G. Brown, N. Wainwright-Smith  182
TURQUO1SE OR CHRYSOCOLLA FROM THE JERVOIS AREA H. Bracewell, 
G. Brown 
189
THE SEWARD GEMMOLOGICAL MICROSCOPE  G. Brown  196
NATIONAL FF-393E LIGHT SCOPE Instrument Evaluation Committee  197
A SCRIMSHAW IMITATION N. Clayton, 
G. Brown, 
J. Snow 
201
KORITE G. Brown  206

Volume 15, Number 7, August 1984

THE AUSTRALIAN IDEAL DESIGN FOR ROUND BRILLIANTS M. Connellan, 
L. Pozzibon 
219
EMERALD FROM THE KITWE DISTRICT ZAMBIA G. Graziani, 
E. Cubelin, 
S. Lucchesi 
227
MINERAL INCLUSIONS IN ZAMBIAN EMERALDS J.I. Koivula  235
STONES SEEN - MYSTERY CABOCHONS D. Sandeman  240
CHRYSOBERYLS FROM ANAKIE R. Brightman  241

Volume 15, Number 8, November 1984

LED REFRACTOMETER LIGHT SOURCES Instrument Evaluation Committee  255
FACETABLE PREHNITE Gemmology Study Club  258
THE SNOW GEMMOLOGICAL SPECTROSCOPE Instrument Evaluation Committee  259
HARTS RANGE SUNSTONE G. Brown, 
H. Bracewell 
263
ALEXANDRITE-CHRYSOBERYL FROM ZIMBABWE Gemmology Study Club  275
SURFACE REPAIRED RUBIES R.W. Hughes  279
TWO NEW THERMAL TESTERS Instrument Evaluation Committee  281

Volume 15, Number 9, February 1985

ASTERISM: THE GREAT ENIGMA M. Connellan, 
I. Pozzebon 
295
RECORDING GEMSTONE ABSORPTION SPECTRA Instrument Evaluation Committee  297
BLACK OPAL: A BRIEF REVIEW R.A. Ball  310
SYNTHETIC OR IMITATION G. Brown  319
RED Hi-SUPER BRIGHT LED REFRACTOMETER LIGHT SOURCE J. Snow, 
G. Brown 
322

Volume 15, Number 10, May 1985

PROPERTIES OF ORNAMENTAL STONES AND THEIR GEMMOLOGICAL IDENTIFICATION - E. Gubelin  

Tables

   
1. The Hardness Scale    337
2. Streak Colours    338
3. Absorption Spectra    342
4. Fluorescence Colours    344
5. The Becke Line Test    347
6. The Identification Tables arranged in Colour Groupings    348
7. Cryptocrystalline Quartz Varieties    382
8. Serpentine group Properties    386

Volume 15, Number 11, August 1985

ASTERISM  A.R. Moon, 
M.R. Phillips 
395
ABALONE & ITS PEARLS  G. Brown  400
AMAZONITE FROM SOUTH AUSTRALIA H. Bracewell, 
G. Brown 
404
BUSH AMETHYST  G. Pearson  408
NAKAZUMI STAR CORUNDUM J. Snow, 
J. Sanders, 
G. Brown 
410
IDENTIFYING GILSON'S LAPIDARY MATERIALS G. Brown  413
SEIKO SYNTHETICS Editor  418
AUSTRALIAN IDEAL DESIGN:  Comments by 
G. & M. Vargas 
421

Volume 15, Number 12, November 1985

ROLE OF WATER IN CRACKING OF OPAL Grant Pearson  435
JADE G. Tombs  445
SOME INFORMATION ON THE KASHMIR SAPPHIRE Gemmology Study Club  448
ANGLES E.T. Steller  450
GREEN DYED 'CRACKLED' BERYL Gemmology Study Club  454
LED REFRACTOMETER KIT RELITE REFRACTOMETER LIGHT SOURCE Instrument Evaluation Committee  456
NUMMITE  O. Dragsted  461
DISTINCTION OF NATURAL AND SYNTHETIC AMETHYSTS Th. Lind, 
K. Schmetzer, 
H. Bank 
462
INDEX - ORNAMENTAL STONES AND THEIR GEMMOLOGICAL IDENTIFICATION i-iv    

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