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 Volume 18, February 1992 - December 1994
Volume 18, Number 1, February 1992
HALOGEN LAMPS - A WARNING Instrument Evaluation Committee 2
TRADE EMBARGO ON CORAL G. Brown 5
THE MINTABIE OPALFIELD I.J. Townsend 7
AN UNUSUAL ALEXANDRITE U. Henn, H. Bank 13
BLUE-GREEN EMERALD – TERMINOLOGY H.A. Hanni 16
ASSEMBLED OPAL FROM MEXICO R.C. Kammerling, J.I. Koivula 19
CORUNDUM VEINLETS IN RUBY Sun Xian Ru 22

Volume 18, Number 2, May 1992

CARE AND CLEANING OF GEM MATERIALS Memory Stather 34
GEMS AROUND AUSTRALIA HyIda Bracewell 38
ROBOTIC OPAL-CUTTING A. Cody 40
GREENSTONE FROM MYANMAR U. Tin Hlaing 42
VIETNAMESE RUBY: DISCRIMINATION G. Brown  43
TORRINGTON EMERALD Grant Pearson 47
MATERIAL LOSS WHEN SAWING DIAMOND Y. Kerremans, E. Wanten 49
FIBRE EYE Study Club Report 52
BEAD BUYER'S FILTER SET Instrument Evaluation Committee 54
GEMMOLOGY STUDY CLUB LAB REPORTS   56

Volume 18, Number 3, August 1992

SAPPHIRES AND RUBIES FROM VOLCANIC PROVINCES R.R. Coenraads 70
MYANMAR JADE: AN UPDATE U. Tin Hlaing 79
SPECTROSCOPIC STUDY OF BIRON PINK BERYL E. Fritsch, S. Mulmeister & A. Birkner 81
IMITATION LAPIS LAZULI, CHAROITE & AZURITE-MALACHITE D. Bennett & J.I. Keeling  83
ALMANDINE GARNET FROM ANTARCTICA I. L. Keeling & R.B. Flint 85
E.S.R. SPECTRUM OF TORRINGTON EMERALD D.R. Hutton & G.J. Troup  89

Volume 18, Number 4, November 1992

46th FEDERAL CONFERENCE REPORT Federal Secretary 102
THE AUSTRALIAN SAPPHIRE INDUSTRY T.S. Coldham 104
VIETNAM RUBY FAKES G. Brown, R. Beattie 108
SCAPOLITE FROM CHINA Zang Peili  115
THE CARAT R. Hannaford  117
THE G.A.A. IN CHINA H. Bracewell  119
HOFER COLORCARD Instrument Evaluation Committee  122
RHODOCHROSITE FROM ARGENTINA J.A. Saadi, J.C. Carlos 125

Volume 18, Number 5, February 1993

UVAROVITE FROM FINLAND V. Henn. H. Bank 142
DETERMINATION OF WEIGHT OF A SET STONE R.K. Mitchell 143
HISTORICAL NOTE ON COLOUR OF OPAL D.B. Hoover 145
HYDROTHERMAL RUBY FROM RUSSIA H.A, Peretti, C.P. Smith 149
MONG HSU RUBY UPDATE U. Tin Hlaing  157
COMPOSITE IMITATION OF CRYSTAL OPAL R.C. Karnmerling, J.I. Koivula 162
SHAN STATES SAPPHIRES U. Tin Hlaing 164
GEM STUDY CLUB REPORTS   169

Volume 18, Number 6, May 1993

FLUORESCENCE EXCITATION-EMISSION OF Cr-CONTAINING GEMS D.B. Hoover, A.F. Theisen 182
COMMUNICATING COLOUR G. Brown  187
AN IMPORTANT PERIDOT G. Webb 191
GEMS AROUND AUSTRALIA: 8 H. Bracewell  193
LEOPARDWOOD MOSAIC OPAL M. Sawicki, G. Brown 195
RHODONITE FROM S.E, QUEENSLAND G. Brown, H. Bracewell 197
GEM TEST LAMP LI 103 G. Brown 200
AN INTRIGUING BLACK NECKLACE G. Brown, S.M.B. KeIly  200

Volume 18, Number 7, August 1993

CULTURED PEARL GRADING A. J. Clark  214
MAXIXE-TYPE BERYL G. Brown 215
UNUSUAL TWINNING IN AMETHYST Dr. U. Henn 222
 OPALISED FOSSIL Australian Museum 223
ZEISS STEREOMICROSCOPE Instrument Committee 225
COLOUR TREATMENT OF COMMON BERYLS Dominique Robert  231
ADVANCED REFRACTOMETER TECHNIQUES A. Hodgkinson 231
TWO ‘DOUBLE STAR’ SAPPHIRES J.I. Koivula, R.C. Kammerling, E. Fritsch 235
GEMS AROUND AUSTRALIA: 9 H. Bracewell  239

Volume 18, Number 8, November 1993

MEMORIAL W.H. HICKS   246
GEM ILLUMINATED IMM ERSION CELL T. Linton, R. Beattie, G. Brown  247
A.G.L. PORTABLE GEM TESTING KIT T. Linton, R. Beattie, G. Brown 249
XXIV INTERNATIONAL GEMMOLOGICAL CONFERENCE    250
SOME FAR NORTHERN OPAL DIGGINGS IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA G. Brown, J, Townsend, K. Endor 252
SEM STUDIES OF BLEACHED AND POLYMER-IMPREGNATED JADEITE T. S. Tay, S. Paul, Dr. C. M. Puah 257
AUSTRALIAN SYNTHETIC PERICLASE Grahame Brown 265
GEMMOLOGY STUDY CLUB LABORATORY REPORT    271

Volume 18, Number 9, February 1994

INTRODUCING ESW/EPR SPECTROSCOPY TO GEMMOLOGY D.R. Hutton, G.J. Troup 278
PRESIDIUM DIAMOND FACT T. Linton, R. Beattie, G. Brown 279
THE PEARL INDUSTRY IN QUEENSLAND AND TORRES STRAIT T. Ward 282
A GARNET LOCATION AT MT. WYANCAPINNY, NEAR  PITTSWORTH, ON THE DARLING DOWNS  D.N. Cracknell 285
ALLUVIAL DIAMOND DEPOSITS OF THE GUANIAM REGION, BOLIVAR STATE, VENEZUELA R.R. Coenraads, G. Webb, B. Sechos 287
NOTES FROM THE MUSEUM G. Webb 294
PLEOCHROIC COLOURS AND THEIR RELATED RAYS A. Hodgkinson  295
AUSTRALIAN MABE PEARLS G. Brown, H. Mendis  298

Volume 18, Number 10, May 1994
BILL MEMORIAL ISSUE - Part 1

IN APPRECIATION    310
THE NAME GAME R.W. Hughes  311
A COMBINED MAGNETIC RESONANCE AND GAMMA-IRRADIATION STUDY OF SOME GREEN BERYLS D.R. Hutton, G.J. Troup  315
TORRINGTON EMERALD UPDATE K. Schmetzer  318
VISUAL OPTICS - THE HODGKINSON METHOD: AN UPDATE A. Hodgkinson  320
1994 BURMA EMPORIUM R.E. Kane 322
MICROSURFACES: A PHOTOESSAY DEDICATED TO BILL HICKS J.I Koivula 323
NOTES ON ALEXANDRITE CHRYSOBERYL S.J.A. Currie  326
MINIATURE FIBRE OPTICS T. Linton 329
COMPUTER ASSISTED GEM IDENTIFICATION P. Read  332

Volume 18, Number 11, August 1994
BILL MEMORIAL ISSUE - Part 2

THE ORIGIN, FORMATION AND EMPLACEMENT OF DIAMONDS M. Stather 342
HEAT TREATED CORUNDUMS OF SRI LANKA: 
THEIR HEAT TREATMENT
T.C. Pemadasa, M.V. Danapala 346
RADIOLUCENCY OF DIAMOND AND ITS SIMULANTS R. Coates  348
HSA-TAW GREEN TOURMALINE U Tin Hlaing  352
ROS/GEM OPTICS MODEL RFA 322 REFRACTOMETER R. Shields, B. Neville  354
ALMANDINE GARNETS FROM VIETNAM R.C. Karnmerling, J.I. Koivula  356
BRIEF REPORT ON INDONESIAN OPAL C. Lambert, G. Brown  359
A NEW TYPE OF SYNTHETIC RUBY FROM RUSSIA U. Henn  362

Volume 18, Number 12, December 1994

OPAL - AUSTRALIA'S NATIONAL GEMSTONE A. Bartram  374
1994 PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS C. Stott  377
1994 PATRON'S ADDRESS G. Tombs  378
FRACTURE FILLED DIAMONDS B. Sechos  379
GEMLITE POLARISCOPES T. Linton, B. Neville, A. Shields  386
TAHITI CULTURED PEARL M. Coeroli  388

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