Pink diamonds dazzle in winter
The Winter 2018 edition of Gems & Gemology (G&G), GIA’s (Gemological Institute of America) quarterly professional journal, brings together the beauty and science of gemstones to unveil new discoveries in colored diamonds, a Russian cultural landmark, corundum, pearls and laboratory-grown diamonds. G&G’s Winter 2018 issue is available in print by subscription and in the GIA Store, and digitally – at no cost – on GIA.edu. Discover the current science of natural-color diamonds in the lead article, “Natural-Color Pink, Purple, Red and Brown Diamonds: Band of Many Colors.” GIA researchers Sally Eaton-Magaña, Troy Ardon, Karen Smit, Christopher Breeding and James Shigley provide unprecedented gemological and spectroscopic characterizations drawn from more than 90,000 pink to red diamonds analyzed by GIA. Russell Shor, GIA senior industry analyst, chronicles a Russian landmark in the article “The History and Reconstruction of the Amber Room.” Read firsthand accounts o...