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Thai-Rak-Thai Express: A photo gallery of Thailand's April 2009 political turmoil
by Richard Hughes

Red and Blue: Chasing history in Chanthaburi & Trat by Richard Hughes & Wimon Manorotkul

Rhapsody in blue: A Pailin photo gallery by Richard Hughes & Wimon Manorotkul

Tsavorite: An Untamed Beauty by Vincent Pardieu & Richard Hughes. From the green hills of Africa…

Spinel: Resurrection of a Classic by Vincent Pardieu, with Richard Hughes and Edward Boehm. A fresh look at this classic gem.

Working the Blueseam by Vincent Pardieu and Richard Hughes, with Guillaume Soubiraa, Michael Rogers, Warne & Monty Chitty and Philippe Brunot. The insane gem posse on the trail of true blue in tanzanite country.

Chevron: 1; Burmese: 0
By Richard Hughes
A look at hypocrisy, gem style.

Finally, a gemology book that's actually fun to read.
Find out what the fuss is about here with sample chapters, reviews, etc.

	Dangerous Curves by Richard W. Hughes and John I. Koivula. Verneuil synthetic corundum reexamined.
	Brilliance, Windows & Extinction in Gemstones by Richard W. Hughes. Important cutting phenomena examined.
	Trust by John L. Emmett. An examination of the ethics of gem treatment disclosure.
	Crystal Optics by Richard W. Hughes. A brief look at the optical properties of materials.
	Moon Over the Pamirs by Richard W. Hughes and Vincent Pardieu, with Guillaume Soubiraa and Dana Schorr. The insane gem posse hits the trail in search of the lost mines of Marco Polo, finding spinels, rubies, and something far more valuable.
	Photoatlas of Inclusions in Gemstones, Volume 2 by Eduard J. Gübelin and John I. Koivula. Richard Hughes reviews the latest installment from the micromasters.
	Sorcerers and Sapphires: A Visit to Madagascar by Richard W. Hughes. Join the author as he pays a visit to the ruby and sapphire deposits of the lost island of Madagascar.
	Heat Seeker: UV Fluorescence as a Gemological Tool by Richard W. Hughes and John Emmett. The authors examine UV fluorescence as an economical, yet powerful heat-treatment seeking tool.
	Fluxed Up: The Fracture Healing of Ruby by Richard W. Hughes and John Emmett. What nefarious treatment could not even be discussed in the polite pages of an industry publication? Read the article that was awarded a Richard T. Liddicoat Journalism Award.
	The Kimberley Process: Appeasement Comes to the Diamond Trade by Charles Ellias and Richard Hughes. Think the Kimberley Protocols will fix "conflict" diamonds? Think again. The authors dissect this issue with the surgical precision of a US military bulldozer redecorating an Iraqi neighborhood.
	Walking the Line in Ruby & Sapphire by Richard W. Hughes. What’s a padparadscha? Just what is it that separates ruby from pink sapphire? The author takes a look at these corundum conundrums in this article.
	The Skin Game by Richard W. Hughes. When something appears too good to be true, it usually is. And that is precisely the case with the orange sapphires pouring out of Thai burners' ovens over the past few months…
	There's a Rumble in the Jungle: The Sapphire Face-Lift Face-Off Saga by Richard W. Hughes. With all the talk about surface diffusion these days, we've dusted off an old piece from the early 1990's. It makes surprisingly good reading…
	Vampire Blues by Richard W. Hughes. The funny thing about gem treatments. No matter how often you kill them, they always come back to haunt you…
	Conspiracy Theory: Gems & Junkies in Burma. Should the world boycott Burmese gems? In a searing personal essay, Richard Hughes examines that question with a look at the relationship between the gem and drug trades in Burma.
	Love & Hate by Richard W. Hughes. Australian Max Green thought he had the perfect scam. Loot a trust fund account and launder the proceeds via the Bangkok gem market and a Lao sapphire mine. But then everything went wrong…
	Seeing Red: A Connoisseur's Guide to Ruby. Richard Hughes casts a discerning glance at the qualities that make ruby the most sexual of all gems.
	The War Prayer by Mark Twain. In times of turmoil, a bit of wisdom from Samuel Clemens. This unpublished masterpiece was penned by Twain in 1905, but has lost none of its power with age.
	Passion Fruit A Lover's Guide to Sapphire. A connoisseur dissects the qualities that make up a fine sapphire.
	Big Time. Are these huge ruby and sapphire crystals worth anything? Richard Hughes sets the record straight.
	Cry Freetown. A poem by Todd A. Pownell.

	Burmese Jade: The Inscrutable Gem Part 1 – Burma's Jade Mines Part 2 – Cutting, grading, trading and faking of Burmese jadeite

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