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Gems have been used in the manufacture of jewellery and as ornaments since antiquity. Considering gems, recent statistics have shown that about 15 billion Euros are annually at stake. Nowadays, gemmology, i.e., the study of gem materials, is one of the most expanding fields in the earth sciences, positioned between academia and industry. As an applied science, in gemmology, the instruments used should be non- or microdestructive, and their cost should be reasonable both in terms of equipment and time consumption. Gemmology can also be used contribute to the development of pure science and in some cases, destructive techniques may have to be used. Taking into account the fact that gems are albeit rarely available for scientific research, this compilation of 20 articles by around 100 researchers from over 30 different institutions situated in 20 countries from around the globe, presented in the Special Issue entitled “Mineralogy and Geochemistry of Gems”, offers very good examples on the application of various methods for their study which will hopefully contribute to our better understanding of gem formation in general and will enhance scientific debates attracting more scientists from various disciplines to get involved in this field.
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Keywords
- (U-Th)/He
- 29Si nuclear magnetic resonance
- actinolite
- Adamello Massif
- alkali basalt
- alkaline metasomatism
- Amethyst
- amphibole
- amphibolite facies
- andradite
- anorthosites
- Ar/Ar dating
- beryl
- blue sapphire
- carbonatite
- carbonatite-dominant melts
- Central Alps
- Central Highlands
- CHNS elemental analyzer
- Classification
- Climate
- Color
- corundum
- corundum megacrysts
- danburite
- demantoid
- emerald deposits
- emeralds
- Exploration
- femtosecond LA-ICP-MS
- fluid inclusions
- Fluids
- freshwater
- FTIR
- garnet
- gem-bearing pegmatite
- gem-quality
- gem-quality tourmaline
- gemstone
- gemstones
- genetic diversity
- genetic models
- geodynamic setting
- geographic typing
- granitic pegmatite
- Greece
- green quartz
- heavy and light minerals
- hyalite
- hyperspectral photoluminescence imaging
- Ilmenogorsky complex
- Ilmenogorsky-Vishnevogorsky complex
- in situ LA-ICP-MS U-Pb zircon dating
- in situ oxygen isotopes
- in-situ oxygen isotopes
- inclusions
- Infrared
- Italy
- jadeitite
- kyanite
- kyshtymites
- LA-ICP-MS
- LA-ICP-MS analysis
- lamprophyre
- landforms
- magmatism
- meta-ultramafic rocks
- metamorphic-metasomatic origin
- metamorphism
- metasomatism
- Mn-rich silicates
- Mogok
- Mong Hsu
- n/a
- Nestos Shear Zone
- New south wales
- O-isotopes and Hf-isotopes
- Opal
- Orosmayo Argentina
- P-T-X equilibria
- Paranesti Greece
- Pearls
- pegmatites
- PL
- placer
- placer deposits
- plumasite
- prase
- provenance
- quartz varieties
- Raman
- Raman spectroscopy
- rare earth elements (REE)
- Ratanakiri Volcanic Province
- Rb-Sr and Sm-Nd isotopy
- REE
- Rhodope
- Rubies
- ruby
- saltwater
- sapphire
- sapphire geochemistry
- sapphires
- Secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS)
- sedimentary
- SEM
- Serifos
- silica
- skarn
- spodumene
- stable and radiogenic isotopes
- Thassos
- trace elements
- typology
- U-Pb
- Ural Mountains
- UV-Vis-NIR
- UV-Vis-NIR spectroscopy
- U–Pb age-dating
- Vietnam
- X-ray diffraction
- X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy
- X-ray luminescence
- xenocryst
- zircon
- zircon megacrysts
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DOI: 10.3390/books978-3-03928-077-3Editions
