If the price of the Gübelin is prohibitive, consider newer publications like Photoatlas of Mineral Inclusions (by the Mineralogical Association of Canada) or the GIA Inclusion Library app for mobile devices. These are digital-native resources that offer similar photomicrographs with updated synthetic references.
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Elara went back to Basel in a daze. She requested the only black opal from Lightning Ridge in the institute’s vault—a modest stone, fire flickering in its depths. She polished a thin wafer and placed it under her own Raman microscope. If the price of the Gübelin is prohibitive,