Malaya garnets from Bekily, Madagascar, are predominantly pink to pinkish orange, with some stones orange to red. Discovered only in the late 1990s, the majority are intermediate members of the pyrope ...

A large number of natural-color yellow diamonds are analyzed using grading and appearance aspects among other characteristics to clarify the differences between them and the light yellow diamonds ...

Figure 1. Pleochroism in a 15 ct tanzanite, as seen with the unaided eye through the crown and the pavilion sides and ends. Photo by Wimon Manorotkul. ABSTRACT While virtually all gemological texts ...