Fall 1984 Gem News International
Australia: Indian Cutters Report Problems Working with Australian Diamonds
Guinea: Aredor Diamond Mine Goes to Full Production This Year
India: More Than 400,000 People Employed in Diamond Cutting in India
Kenya: Government Issuing Geological Prospecting Licenses to Foreign Companies
Colored Stones
New Molten Glass Filler Used to Seal Corundum Voids
Update on Use of Borax in Heat Treatment in Thailand
Gem Auction in Pakistan Raises Issues of Illegal Mining and Smuggling
High-Grade Manganese Ore found in Orissa, India
MMTC Activities in India Enumerated
Zambia Cancels Emerald-Mining Contract with Saudi Arabian Company
Precious Metals
New Platinum Prospect Located in East Transvaal, South Africa
Ghana Plans to Resurrect Its Gold-Mining Industry
Mitsubishi Metal Corp. Discovers Promising Gold Vein at Yatani Mine
New Gold and Silver Reserves Discovered at Knob Hill in Republic, Washington
Soquem and New Pascalis Mines Announce Gold Reserve East of Quebec
Independent Miners in the Philippines Establish a Gold Town
Plans Are Announced to Develop an Open-Cast Gold Mine in Southwest Zimbabwe
Synthetics and Simulants
Jewelers Vigilance Committee Augments Rules on Pearl Definitions
Iimori Lab Donates Five Interesting Glass Samples to Gems & Gemology
Announcements
Two Major New Additions Help Mark the Centennial of the National Gem Collection
Society of Jewellery Historians of the British Museum Announces New Annual Journal
AGA 1985 Conference Will be Held February 4 & 5 in Tucson
GIA Slide Library Solicits Labeled Slides of the World’s Gemstone Localities
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