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The article describes a transparent faceted sillimanite discovered in the Vishakhapatnam region of Andra Pradesh, India presented at the American Gem Trade Association (AGTA) show by Anil B. Dholakia Inc. The stones all have checkerboard cuts with various colors ranging from greenish yellow, near colorless, grayish green, green-brown, brownish orange-yellow and violetish gray. Several samples were examined by the Gemological Institute of America (GIA). Three largest stones were selected which are of yellow-green and yellow and grayish green in color. Based on microscopic examination, the two yellow-green stones contained parallel iridescent needles while the greenish yellow stone contained fine whitish parallel needles.

The article discusses the gemological properties of the faceted orange and brown sunstones from Orissa, India submitted by Anil Dholakia of Anil B. Dholakia Inc. at the 2005 Tucson gem shows. Under a Chelsea filter reaction, the sunstones had a weak orangy pink color, while their fluorescence showed inert to long wave and weak red to short-wave ultraviolet (UV) radiation. Microscopic examination of the samples revealed numerous angular transparent-to-semitransparent thin platelets that were reddish orange in transmitted light and iridescent in reflected light.