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A new book chronicling the life of “Jeweler to the Stars” William Ruser is available now.

GIA researchers identify zircon inclusions in several Mozambican ruby samples, potentially impacting origin determination criteria used for sources of East Africa ruby.

Ten Liberian corundum samples are examined in GIA’s Tokyo laboratory.

GIA’s Bangkok laboratory encounters two phenomenal gems while examining a parcel of emeralds from Pakistan.

Beryl and emerald specimens from a recent discovery in Newfoundland are examined at GIA.

An interesting bicolor beryl specimen composed of aquamarine and white beryl reportedly from Bahia, Brazil, is examined.

One-of-a-kind gold granulation jewelry by Zaffiro was featured in the AGTA designer showroom.

Topaz and beryl from the Volyn deposit in Ukraine were popular offerings at this year’s Tucson shows.

An impressive variety of American stones, including turquoise and variscite, was offered by Out of Our Mines at the AGTA show.

A one-of-a-kind sphalerite is faceted to highlight its distinct regions of iron distribution.

Examination of a South African diamond reveals an eye-visible diamond inclusion.

Members of the Piat family gather at the Alfie Norville Gem & Mineral Museum in Tucson to see “The Royal Tapestry” for the first time.

Several vendors offered a variety of impressive non-nacreous pearls at the Tucson gem shows.

A pair of watermelon tourmaline slices from the Cruzeiro mine displays a rainbow of colors.

Colorful rays of light are observed in an Australian rainbow lattice sunstone.

A look at the diverse jewelry designs from four generations of the Patania family.

A stone submitted as dumortierite is identified as rare titanoholtite in the Carlsbad laboratory.

A look at the variety of rough and finished Brazilian opal offered by Prime Gems at the GJX show.

An ocean blue variety of opal from Chile was introduced at the 22nd Street show in Tucson.