Sally
Magaña
Title: Senior Manager, Diamond Identification, Carlsbad, California USA
Areas of Expertise: Diamond physics; diamond treatment and synthetics
Education:
- Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States, 1998
- Master of Engineering in Chemical Engineering, University of Louisville, Department of Chemical Engineering, Louisville, Kentucky, United States, 1999
- Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Department of Chemical Engineering, Cleveland, Ohio, United States, 2003
- Postdoctoral Associate, United States Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C., United States, March 2004-2006
- Graduate Gemologist, GIA, Carlsbad, California, 2010
Selected Published Research:
- Low-temperature annealing and kinetics of radiation stains in natural diamond, Diamond and Related Materials (2023)
- Comparison of gemological and spectroscopic features in type IIa and Ia natural pink diamonds, Diamond and Related Materials (2020)
- Observations on CVD-Grown Synthetic Diamonds: A Review, Gems and Gemology (2016)
- Temperature effects on luminescence centers in natural type IIb diamonds, Diamond and Related Materials (2016)
- Temperature effects on radiation stains in natural diamonds, Diamond and Related Materials (2016)
- Phosphorescence in type IIb diamonds, Diamond and Related Materials (2011)
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