GEMS & GEMOLOGY - Quarterly, January 1934 - Winter 1980 Vol. XVI, No. 12 FREE Download of the first 46 years of GEMS & GEMOLOGY, January 1934 - Winter 1980: Forty-six years of Gems & Gemology for Free at online Archives 1934 - 1980 where each issue (192 separate PDF files) can be downloaded, one by one, are at: http://www.gia.edu/gemsandgemology/31265/issues_19341980.cfm. This author has downloaded each of the 192 separate PDF files and has combined them into a single, fully searchable, PDF document, Gems & Gemology 1934 -1980, 474mbs.(download this overnight), just CLICK - CTRL+F and type in ANYTHING: persons name, famous gem, locality, title keyword, year, etc.. You can start your search at any point in the text, which runs chronologically, that you wish. You will want to keep this on your store and home computer for easy access to 5685 pages, 46 years of gemology at your fingertips. (This author mailed a CD of this wonderful PDF file over 2 years ago to the editor of Gems & Gemology to place on their web site for free download and nothing has been done to date.) Gems & Gemology was started as a bi-monthly periodical published by the Gemological Institute of America (GIA) for American Gem Society (A.G.S.) members from January 1934 through November- December 1934. From January-February 1935 through Winter 1937, the A.G.S. published the journal for its members. Gems & Gemology became a quarterly journal as of Spring 1936, and has remained as such through the present. The GIA again in the spring of 1938 became the publisher of the journal for the A.G.S. and its members. Starting with the Summer 1943, issue the GIA published the journal as the official organ of the G.I.A and this is still true today. As of the Summer 1947 issue the journal showed a large improvement because a new five-man editorial board was formed to oversee each article. The board positions were filled by the most eminent people in the subject of gemology and were changed periodically up to the present date. Starting with the Winter 1958 issue there were two reports presented in each issue, one from the Gem Trade Lab of the GIA in Los Angeles, and the other from the Gem Trade Lab in New York City. These reports are separated in this text by an asterisk at the beginning of each of these Lab notes. Note change in scope and size with the April 1981 issue. Gems & Gemology has always directed most of its emphasis toward scientific gemology, with somewhat less interest in locations of gems. Gemological Institute of America, GIA home web site is at: http://www.gia.edu/ Gems & Gemology Free online Archives 1934 - 1980 where each issue (192 separate PDF files) can be downloaded, one by one, are at: http://www.gia.edu/gemsandgemology/31265/issues_19341980.cfm. Spring 1981 onward - Gems & Gemology Online: PDF versions of both full issues and individual articles and Lab Notes/GNI sections can be purchased through MetaPress at http://gia.metapress.com/home/main.mpx (click on "Journal Issues" along the left-hand navigation bar). MetaPress now hosts PDF versions of all Gems & Gemology issues going back to Spring 1981. Note that Editorials, Letters, Book Reviews, and Gemological Abstracts (and all items marked with a solid green box on the MetaPress tables of contents) are available free of charge. Online subscriptions are available for purchase. There are 8 separate indexes to the Gems & Gemology, of which 3 are by Subject and 3 are by Author for the years 1934 â 1980 & 2 additional indexes made in PDF format called: 1981 - 2007 AUTHOR INDEX & 1981 - 2007 SUBJECT INDEX), all at: http://www.gia.edu/gemsandgemology/357/gg_indexes.cfm . These eight different indexes were prepared for one single journal by a library “scientist”. With all the abbreviations and a limit of 2 to 4 words per entry, seemingly to save space, these indexes lack necessary annotations that would make a practicing gemologist’s job fast and easy. The author was invited by the GIA to use this index for updating “Gill’s Index” into “Gill's Historical Index To Gems And Jewelry Online” but he found the many indexes confusing and not orientated toward the needs of the practical gemologist. The original aim of “Gill’s Index” was and still is to make references, simple, easy and fast to find, in one single source with proper annotations. (Note: “Gill's Historical Index To Gems And Jewelry Online” includes all Subject listing and all important Author listing for the G & G for 1934 - 1980, and integrated with this are all of the other gemological journals in English along with thousands of books and papers, all in one convenient single fully searchable file, 8 megabytes in size). This unique document is donated by Joseph O. Gill BSC, GG, FGA, Gemologist, Retired director of Jewelry for Sotheby's North America Do a search for "gems, gemology, jewelry, Gill" to see the many other unique texts that I have contributed to this wonderful web site. DOWNLOAD INDEX at archive.org Gill's Historical Index To Gems And Jewelry Online - by Joseph O. Gill 2009 (in WORD 2007) 20,000 listings of publications on Gems And Jewelry, Including Journals, Articles And Books From 1652 until 2009, over a period of 350 years, containing all works in the English language arranged chronologically and by subject, with over 350 direct links to download or read the entire text on the internet Creative Commons license: Public Domain http://www.archive.org/details/GillsHistoricalIndexToGemsAndJewelryOnline-ByJosephO.Gill2009in =================AND ===================== Appendix 1 - Gill's Historical Index To Gems And Jewelry Online - by Joseph O. Gill 2009, This Appendix 1 to "Gill's Historical Index To Gems And Jewelry Online" Including Journals, Articles And Books From 1652 Until 2009, A 350 Year Annotated Index of Gemology & It's Creator - by Joseph O. Gill 2009, Many unique documents from famous gemologist and historical documentation make this index far more interesting.. Joseph O. Gill BSC, GG, FGA, Gemologist, Retired director of Jewelry for Sotheby's, North America http://www.archive.org/details/Appendix1-GillsHistoricalIndexToGemsAndJewelryOnline-ByJosephO