GIA: "GEMS & GEMOLOGY 2025".
Digital Report - immediate delivery to your email. Date of Publishing: June 2025.No. of Pages: 125. Contents:1. Structures Behind the Spectacle: A Review of Optical Effects in PhenomenalGemstones and Their Underlying Nanotextures Shiyun Jin, Nathan D. Renfro, Aaron C. Palke, and James E. Shigley. Provides a comprehensive summary of the special optical effects in gemstones, includingopalescence, chatoyancy, asterism, schiller, and iridescence, and investigates the submicron inclusions and nanotextures in each type of phenomenal stone. 2. Lab NotesUnusual patterns in diamonds • Gold-plated gold • CVD-grown diamond with unusualcause of greenish color • HPHT-processed natural and laboratory-grown diamonds withcounterfeit inscriptions • Three large natural hollow Pinctada radiata pearls • Imitationseed pearl with blue X-ray fluorescence • Pezzottaite with multiple cat’s-eyes • Quartzassemblage imitating emerald. 3. G&G Micro-WorldAnatase “dandelion” in agate • Diamond within a diamond w