Treated-color pink-to-red diamonds from Lucent Diamonds Inc

Gems and Gemology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 6-19

  Wang, Wuyi ^a   Smith, Christopher P ^a   Hall, Matthew S ^a   Breeding, Christopher M ^a   Moses, Thomas M ^a  

^a GIA   (United States)

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EID: 20844453046     PISSN: 0016626X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5741/GEMS.41.1.6     Document Type: Article

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