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Abstract Index for Volume 23 
No 1 (Jan-Mar 2007) - No 12 (Oct-Dec 2009)

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Vol 23 Number 1, Jan - Mar 2007 (follow link to expand)

BLUE AND PINK OPALS FROM ACARI, PERU A. Brajkovic, V. Rolandi, P. Vignola, R. Grizzetti
FROM THE LABORATORY Tay Thye Sun
LETTER TO THE EDITOR The GIA Diamond Cut Group, The Cut Group
KRÜSS HA10 HEARTS AND ARROWS LOUPE T. Linton, K. Hughes, R. Beattie

Vol 23 Number 2, Apr - Jun 2007 (follow link to expand)

SPODUMENES FROM NURISTAN, AFGHANISTAN L. Natkaniec-Novak
SEALANT IMPREGNATED RUBIES G.M. Pearson
AGIL REFRACTOMETER & LED LIGHT SOURCE T. Linton, R. Beattie
IDENTIFYING GEMSTONES USING FTIR SPECTRA Li Jianjun, Luo Yueping,
Chen Zhenyu, Meng Lijuan
DETERMINING OPAL'S DENSITY A. Hodgkinson
NOTES FROM THE GSL LABORATORY B. Sechos
MOLDAVITE: NATURAL OR IMITATION? Tay Thye Sun
CIRCLED PIG'S TUSKS W.R. Mann, G. Brown,
M. Mahoney
AGIL PORTABLE LAB SET T. Linton, R. Beattie

Vol 23 Number 3, Jul - Sep 2007 (follow link to expand)

RUBY SUITES FROM NEW SOUTH WALES G. Webb
LESSONS FROM THE HISTORY OF GEMS Dr D. Hoover
GRAPHITIC INCLUSIONS IN NATURAL BROWN DIAMONDS A.S. Bidny, O.V. Kononov, A.G. Veresov, P.V. Ivannikov
LUNE RIVER PETRIFIED FERNS R. Jones

Vol 23 Number 4, Oct - Dec 2007 (follow link to expand)

Magnetic Susceptibility for Gemstone Discrimination Dr D. Hoover, B. Williams
Opal Exploration Using Natural Gamma Radioactivity B. R. Senior, L. T. Chadderton
LED Lightsources and gemmological
instruments that analyse colour
T. Linton

Vol 23 Number 5, Jan - March 2008 (follow link to expand)

ARGYLE TYPE 1A PINK DIAMONDS V. Rolandi, A. Brajkovic,
I. Amado, I. Fontana
SPECTROPHOTOMETRIC TECHNIQUE FOR GEMSTONE COLOURS G. Pearson
DIAMOND'S HARDNESS R. Cartier
FUNDAMENTALS OF NATURAL DIAMOND ENHANCEMENT T. Linton
GROWTH LINES AND LIQUID INCLUSIONS IN TOPAZ A. Hodgkinson
FROM A SINGAPOREAN GEM LABORATORY Tay Thye Sun
HANNEMAN-HODGKINSON JADEITE FILTER A. Hodgkinson
AGIL ILLUMINATION LOUPE T. Linton

Vol 23 Number 6, April-June 2008 (follow link to expand)

BLACK OPAQUE GEM MINERALS S. Saminpanya, F.L. Sutherland
THE THERMAL COLOUR CHANGE OF TANZANITE G. Pearson
OPAL-C, OPAL-CT & OPAL-T FROM ACARI, PERU F. Caucia, C. Ghisoli, I. Adamo, M. Boiocchi
STELLER'S SEA COW BONE B. Mann, G. Brown
THE SPOONMAKER'S DIAMOND M. Hatipoglu, I. Meyanci, C. Turkdofan, D. Comert, O. Temal
LAB REPORTS R. Bauer, C. Payne
DIAMOND'S HARDNESS R. Cartier

Vol 23 Number 7, July - September 2008 (follow link to expand)

Cultured freshwater pearls from the Yangtze River (China) Magdelana Dumańska-Slowik, Wieslaw Heflik, Lucyna Natkaniec-Nowak, Magdalena Sikorska, Aleksandra Weselucha-Birczyńska
Historical extracts from "The Gazetteer" of the Upper Burma and the Shan States As selected by Professor (Retired) of Geology, (Pin Long University) U.Tin Hlaing
Images from the Outback "Super" Conference  
A photoessay on Tanzanian Star sunstone Grant Pearson
Notes from the laboratory - Anglesite - An unusual collector's gemstone Gagan Choudhary, FGA and Chaman Golecha, FGA
Note from the laboratory - Yttria-stabilized Zirconia & Hemisphere apparently imitating a "Mabe" pearl Taijin Lu, Ph.D., Yusuke Mizukami, G.G., Kazuyoshi Yasunaga, G.G., Tatsuya Odaki, G.G., and Hajime Uesugi, G.G.

Vol 23 Number 8, October - December 2008 (follow link to expand)

ODONTOLITE Bobby Mann, Brian Jackson, Dr. Grahame Brown (dec)
A COLOURLESS NATURAL DIAMOND SHOWING STRONG ORANGE AND MIXED COLOURED FLUORESCENCE IMAGES Taijin Lu Ph.D., Tatsuya Odaki G.G., Kazuyoshi Yasunaga G.G. and Hajime Uesugi G.G.
THE UPPER BURMA RUBY REGULATION OF 1887 U Tin Hlaing
HACKMANITE, TUGTUPITE AND AFGHANITE TENEBRESCENCE AND FLUORESCENCE OF SOME SODALITE RELATED MINERALS John Tunzi, Grant Pearson
ACCOUNT OF THE 1968 INSPECTION AND AUTHENTICATION OF THE KASIKCI OR SPOONMAKER'S DIAMOND Asst. Prof. Dr Murat Hatipoglu
ECONOMY STEREO ZOOM MICROSCOPES Trevor Linton, Anne Paul, Roy Beattie

Vol 23 Number 9, January - March 2009 (follow link to expand)

Grahame Brown Memorial Issue Part One

List of Published Works  
Some personal reminiscences Various
THE many facets of grahame brown Photo montage
sapphire-ruby characteristics west pailin cambodia F.L. Sutherland, G. Guiliani, A.E. Fallick, M. Garland, G. Webb
blue fluorescence in diamonds G. Holloway
opal similarities between andamooka and coober pedy south australia L.J. Townsend
nature and origin of the orbicular granodiorite from boogardie station western australia J. Bevan, A. Bevan
precision instrument readability your sg value may not be as good as you think it is G. Pearson

Vol 23 Number 10, April - June 2009 (follow link to expand)

Grahame Brown Memorial Issue Part Two

THE RADIOPACITY OF SOME COMMON GEM MATERIALS G. Brown, A.J. Moule and R.L. O'Neil
LARGE BRAZILIAN DIAMONDS Dr. D.B. Hoover, Dr. J. Karfunkel
OPTICAL PHENOMENA IN GEMSTONES Richard Cartier
QUAHOG PEARLS - AMONGST NATURES RAREST BEAUTIES Antoinette Matlins
A STUDY OF ZIRCON FROM TANZANIA - MALAYA ZIRCON Dr. Ulrich Henn
METEORITES: ORIGINS, PROPERTIES AND GEMMOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE Grant Pearson
LETTER TO THE EDITOR:
UPDATE ON CHINESE FRESHWATER CULTURED PEARLS AND THEIR RAMAN SPECTRA
Dr. Stephanos Karampelas

Vol 23 Number 11, July - September 2009 (follow link to expand)

Grahame Brown Memorial Issue Part Three
(also included as a separate special issue: Rare Ivories - Grahame Brown)

WORKING THE BLUE SEAM - THE TANZANITE MINES OF MERELANI V. Pardieu, R. Hughes, G. Soubiraa, M. Rodgers, W. Chitty, M. Chitty, P. Brunot
AQUAMARINE - NATURAL OR SYNTHETIC? A. Hodgkinson
THE GENETIC APPROACH FOR IDENTIFICATION OF VARIETIES OF CRYSTALLINE AND AMORPHOUS SILICA V.S. Balitsky, O.V. Balitskaya
MICRO-MAGMA CHAMBERS IN NATURAL RUBIES AND SAPPHIRES J. Koivula
PRECIOUS OPAL FROM JAVA T.S. Tay, P.C. Mok, S.L. Paul, M. Paramita, C.E.S. Arps, W. Atichat, E. Fritsch, W.W. Kang, K. Wijaya
PRESIDIUM GCG AND C-MASTER GEM CALCULATORS T. Linton and C. Curtis

Vol 23 Number 12, December 2009 (follow link to expand)

ARGYLE TYPE 1A BROWN DIAMONDS GEMMOLOGICAL PROPERTIES, FTIR, UV-ViS, CL AND ESR FEATURES A. Brajkovic, V. Rolandi, R. Scotti
DIFFERENTIATION OF NATURALLY COLOURED AND ARTIFICIALLY IRRADIATED BLUE TOPAZ SPECIMENS Y. Song, X. Yuan
ZULTANITE, OR COLOUR-CHANGE DIASPORE FROM THE MILAS (MUGLA) REGION, TURKEY AND EDITORS ADDENDUM M. Hatipoglu, M. Akgun
ANCIENT DEPOSIT OF BLUE CHALCEDONY IN TURKEY M. Hatipoglu, S. Chamberlain
LASER INSCRIPTION ON DIAMONDS R. Bauer
PREVENTION OF CRACKING IN ETHIOPIAN OPAL S. Filin, A. Puzynin
SCARSELLI EXHIBIT OF NATURALLY COLOURED DIAMONDS AT THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY J. Shelby