 | | Report (issue) | | To Our Readers: Pakistan is a mineralogically-rich and interesting country. The quantity of Pakistani...us by surprise when people began to ask, "Why Pakistan; why now?" It has never been our intention to...about Pakistan's mineral localities and to celebrate the bold and courageous people who bring those minerals...the mineral deposits of the high mountains of Pakistan and Afghanistan. Once into the project, however...justice to neither. We decided to limit our focus to Pakistan, though even focused on a single country, a comprehensive |  | | Journal (issue) | | in the raising of the world's loftiest mountains and the creation of lovely red gemstones. Most of the...metamorphism and deformation resulting from the plate collisions that produced the Himalayan mountains and related...related tectonic zones. New evidence suggests that the ruby host rocks were originally sediments deposited along...heat and pressures of metamorphism gradually transformed these rocks into marbles, schists, and amphibolites...recipe for making gem-quality rubies out of lime and mud. (Continues on page 2) Purplesapphiresfromthe |  | Giuliani, Gaston, Fallick, Anthony E., Boyce, Adrian J., Pardieu, Vincent, Pham, Van Long (2017) Pink and Red Spinels In Marble: Trace Elements, Oxygen Isotopes, and Sources. The Canadian Mineralogist, 55 (4) 743-761 doi:10.3749/canmin.1700009 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 3749/canmin.1700009 PINK AND RED SPINELS IN MARBLE: TRACE ELEMENTS, OXYGEN ISOTOPES, AND SOURCES GASTON GIULIANIĀ§...GIULIANIĀ§ UniversiteĢ de Lorraine, IRD and CRPG UMR 7358 CNRS-UL, BP 20, 15 rue Notre-Dame-des-Pauvres,...VandÅuvre-leĢs-Nancy, France ANTHONY E. FALLICK AND ADRIAN J. BOYCE Isotope Geosciences Unit, S.U.E...Thailand VAN LONG PHAM Centre for Gems and Gold Research and Identiļ¬cation of Vietnam, 91 Dinh Tien Hoang...ABSTRACT The oxygen isotopic composition of pink to red and other colored spinels hosted by marbles worldwide |  | | Journal (issue) | | Colored Gemstone and Jewelry Industry Special Spinel Pink and Red Gem Spinels in Marble and Placers Spinel...Tajikistan ā The Gem That Made Famous the Word "Ruby" The Spinels of Mogok ā A Brief Overview Spinels...Clement Sabbagh 35 82 Technology Laser Inscription and Marking of Gemstones ā An Overview of Options 86...Bold, Beautiful, and Definitely Back Las Vegas Jewelry Week ā Trends, Traffic and Transactions (Or...Paris ā The New World Platform for Jewelry Designers and Brands GEMGENĆVE ā An Agora of Luxury To Advertise |
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