
GIA Adds ‘Hanadama’ Quality Range Comment to All Pearl Classification Reports
GIA美国宝石研究院将引入一项报告注释,在Akoya养殖珍珠的指定质量范围加入珍珠行业常用且历史悠久的词汇「花珠」(Hanadama)。
Spring 2022 Auction Highlights
Large near colorless, blue, and yellow diamonds broke auction records at Christie’s and Sotheby’s in the first half of 2022.
Combination of Phenomena in Star and Cat’s-Eye Color-Change Sapphire
Both asterism and chatoyancy are observed in a color-change sapphire.
Solid Laboratory-Grown Single-Crystal Diamond Ring
The quality and size of this 4.04 ct CVD-grown diamond ring demonstrate the advancing technology in laboratory-grown diamonds.
Susan Jacques Receives Robert M. Shipley Award
GIA president and CEO Susan Jacques receives the American Gem Society’s highest honor.
CVD Diamond Over 34 Carats
Guest in Garnet: Metal Sulfide?
An intriguing metallic inclusion is observed in a faceted garnet.
2023 Sinkankas Symposium
The Nineteenth Annual Sinkankas symposium, held at GIA’s Carlsbad, California campus, focused on gems and minerals of San Diego County.
Interesting Metallic Platelets in a Brazilian Paraíba Tourmaline
Microscopic observation unveils the first known instance of skeletal metallic inclusions in Brazilian Paraíba tourmaline.
Triplite Inclusions in Quartz from Yaogangxian, China
Pinkish orange crystal inclusions in a faceted quartz are identified as the rare phosphate mineral triplite.
Patchy Yellow Trigon
Isolated nitrogen confined to the outer surface of a 0.98 ct diamond causes “yellow skin.”
Night Sky in Yellow Sapphire
Fiber-optic light creates a night sky scene in a yellow sapphire from Madagascar.
Internal World of Aquamarine from Xinjiang
Yellow Zoning in Pink Diamonds
Unusual natural pink diamonds displaying faint yellow color zoning and strong yellow fluorescence are studied in the Carlsbad laboratory.
Star Aquamarine
A New Treatment: Creating Phantom Structure in Opal
A newly developed treatment creates a phantom structure in opal visually similar to natural phantom opal.
A Fascinating Large South Sea Bead Cultured Pearl
An exceptionally large South Sea bead cultured pearl is examined at GIA’s Mumbai laboratory.
Rainbow Mountain in Natural Diamond
An iridescent feather inclusion in natural diamond bears resemblance to Rainbow Mountain in Peru.
An Iridescent “Insect Wing” in Diamond
A feather inclusion with iridescence caused by thin-film interference in diamond resembles an insect wing.

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