Eric Fritz graciously gave me the translated hard copy while we were at the World of Gems Conference this past weekend. Love it!
Just finished reading about the surface diffused sapphire using synthetic white sapphire. I'd seen those in the Bangkok market and it absolutely floors me they would go to the trouble of processing these when they could just grow a nice blue synthetic! Alas, its all about the deception.
Alberto, if you have a sample could you test to see if it transmits SW UV?
Congratulations on the publication, I hope to see many more. -Bear
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