01. Nov IGC 2025 HFSE-enriched sapphires of gem quality: A combined FTIR and trace element study and implications for heat treatment detection Michael S. Krzemnicki, Wei Zhou, Pierre Lefèvre, Markus Wälle, Hao Wang Download Pdf SapphireTreatments
01. Nov IGC 2025 Application of Fibre Optics Reflectance Spectroscopy (FORS) for the determination of mineral pigments in jasper The identification of pigments is carried out routinely mostly by X-ray diffraction, FTIR and Raman Read More Laurent Cartier
01. Nov IGC 2025 Spinel from Sri Lanka – An update Most of the spinels are found in shades of red to purple. Colourless, green and cobalt bearing varie Read More Elodie
01. Nov IGC 2025 Noble gas in corundum: interests in gemology Noble gases —elements of the last column of the periodic table—are chemically defined by their f Read More Elodie