Current activity and production at various sites around Mozambique are reported.

Garnets with a unique color and a previously unreported chemical composition are examined at GIA’s Carlsbad lab.

A rough blue sapphire crystal from the Rock Creek deposit is heat treated and cut to become the largest known faceted blue Montana sapphire.

A Brazilian quartz with unusual color zoning caused by variable iron content is examined.

Nineteen sapphires of various colors, reportedly from sources in northern Nigeria, are studied in GIA’s Tokyo laboratory.