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Ruby & Sapphire: The Book

Ruby & Sapphire

The book

Shooting Galleries: Images from the Front Lines

Shooting Galleries

Images from a mortal coil

Rants & Slants: Articles

Rants & Slants

Articles

In Search of the Lost Andesine Mines

Barack Osama in Tibet

In search of the lost andesine mines

Laos: Land of Ten Thousand Elephants... and Sapphires

Moontown

A history of Chanthaburi

Hunting the Mother Lode Abroad

Hunting the Mother Lode Abroad

The importance of going to the source

Grease: Solving the Gulf Oil Spill

Grease

A plan for plugging the Gulf of Mexico oil leak

Thailand's Emerald Buddha

Emerald Buddha

History of Thailand's iconic gem

Buying Gems at the Source

Buying at the Source

Buying at the Source: Being an Essay on the Virtues of Dick's Law and Other Sundry Maxims of the East

Pearl Trader

The Pearl Trader

A chapter from this classic 1937 work. Read this and see if you don't smile at the end.

Black Prince's Ruby

Black Prince's Ruby

History of this extraordinary gem

Betwixt Two Worlds: Gemology in the 21st century

Betwixt Two Worlds

A search for gemology in the 21st century

Betwixt Two Worlds: The multimedia edition

Betwixt Two Worlds

The multimedia edition

Richard Hughes wins Bonanno Award from AGA

Bonanno Award

Richard Hughes receives 2010 Antonio C. Bonanno Award for Excellence in Gemology

Merelani tanzanite mines

Merelani, Tanzania

Comprehensive study of the famous tanzanite mines

Red Sky at Dusk:  Hunting the last Siamese ruby miner

Red Sky at Dusk

Hunting the last Siamese ruby miner

Photoatlas of Inclusions in Gemstones, Vol. 3

Photoatlas Vol. 3

A book review

Tsavorite: An Untamed Beauty

Tsavorite

An untamed beauty

Spinel: Resurrection of a Classic

Spinel

Resurrection of a classic

Working the Blueseam: The tanzanite mines of Merelani

Working the Blueseam

The tanzanite mines of Merelani

Chevron: 1; Burmese: 0

Chevron: 1;
Burmese: 0

A look at hypocrisy, gem style

Dangerous Curves: Verneuil synthetic corundum reexamined

Dangerous Curves

Verneuil synthetic corundum reexamined

Brilliance, Windows & Extinction in Gemstones

Brilliance , Windows & Extinction in Gems

Important cutting phenomena examined

Trust: An examination of the ethics of gem treatment disclosure

Trust

An examination of the ethics of gem treatment disclosure

Crystal Optics: A brief look at the optical properties of materials

Crystal Optics

A brief look at the optical properties of materials

Moon Over the Pamirs: Ruby & Spinel from Tajikistan

Moon Over the Pamirs

Ruby & Spinel from Tajikistan

Sorcerers & Sapphires: Ruby & Sapphire from Madagascar

Sorcerers & Sapphires

Ruby and sapphire deposits of Madagascar

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