Burmese jade: The inscrutable gem

Gems and Gemology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 2-26

  Hughes, Richard W ^a   Galibert, Olivier ^f   Bosshart, George ^b   Ward, Fred ^c   Oo, Thet ^f   Smith, Mark ^f   Sun, Tay Thye ^d   Harlow, George E ^e  

^a Pala International   (United States)

^b Gübelin Gem Lab   (Switzerland)

^c Gem Book Publishing   (United States)

^d Elvin Gems and Far Eastern Gemmological Lab of Singapore   (Singapore)

^e DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^f NONE

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EID: 4344654994     PISSN: 0016626X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5741/gems.36.1.2     Document Type: Article

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