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		<title>GIA Reports Heat Treated Spinels</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 03:55:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[GIA reports heat treated spinels. The appearance of the inclusions suggested the stone was of natural origin -- but may have been heat treated.]]></description>
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		<title>New Simulants On the Market. Same Old Material, New Colors!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2010 03:17:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jamey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New man-made glass, silica and fused quartz, made in RI's and colors to simulate other natural gemstones.]]></description>
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		<title>GILC Finally Gives the Verdict on Glass-Filled Ruby Disclosures</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 03:27:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The GILC committee voted to approve a measure that says retailers should describe lead glass-filled rubies to consumers as follows: "Composite-Ruby, Glass-Filled, Requires Special Care."]]></description>
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		<title>GIA, NY Lab, IDs a CVD Diamond Over 1 Carat in Size</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 02:22:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[GIA, NY Lab, IDs a CVD Diamond Over 1 Carat in Size, bad news for appraisers and Gemologists.]]></description>
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		<title>Gem TV Files Chapter 11 &amp; Gem-Metrics Poll</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 15:29:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[First off please be sure to take the Gem-Metrics Poll on the lower right of the website, thank you very much. Secondly, this is an unusual announcement considering the last thing heard was a bid to buy another TV show, but GemsTV Files Chapter 11]]></description>
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		<title>Banner Advertising Available</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Apr 2010 22:26:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jamey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[GA now has banner advertising available for qualified and legitimate businesses who pass our strict guidelines for the trade, basically the same as those from the FTC and JEA. ]]></description>
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		<title>Gemstone Alert: Clarity Enhanced Garnets On The Market Part I</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 02:09:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jamey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Discusses fracture filled/clarity enhanced garnets, and other gemstones, currently flooding the market.]]></description>
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		<title>Nanocut Plasma-Etched Diamonds: A New Technique to Enhance Fire</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 03:53:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jamey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Plasma etching, which was developed at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), Pasadena. This method etches microscopic diffraction gratings on selected surfaces, usually a diamond’s pavilion. When observed in spot or mixed lighting environments, the diffraction gratings separate light into its spectral components, which increases the amount of fire seen in the diamond. These stones [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ISG: The dyefusion of blue tourmaline!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:44:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ISG releases a new newsletter with smoking gun proof of the treating of blue tourmaline. They are calling this treatment "dyefusion".]]></description>
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		<title>Gemstone Alert: Gemlab Identifies Faked Emeralds</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 09:59:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thomas Hainschwang with Gemlab Gemological Laboratory announced that he recently examined and tested three(3) Emeralds that were purchased in India. The stones were reportedly guaranteed by the Seller to be completely natural and untreated Emeralds. The stones were translucent, green in color as one would expect, and full of fibrous inclusions. When examined under a  [...]]]></description>
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