GIA Lab offers Holiday Express Service
Carlsbad, Calif.--The Gemological Institute of America (GIA) has announced that the GIA Laboratory will again offer its Holiday Express Service during the holiday season, from Dec. 1-19.
GIA's Gems and Gemology launches online
Carlsbad, Calif.--Gems and Gemology (G and G), the award-winning quarterly journal of the Gemological Institute of America (GIA), is now available in electronic format at GIA.Metapress.com.
GIA offers expanded reports for colored gems
Carlsbad, Calif.—The Gemological Institute of America (GIA) has announced several new services to be offered with its newly enhanced Colored Gemstone Identification Reports.
GIA South Africa set to open
Johannesburg, South Africa—To further its global expansion plans, the Gemological Institute of America (GIA) will officially open GIA South Africa, its new laboratory in Johannesburg, on Feb....
GIA Carlsbad closes for fire-safety concerns
Carlsbad, Calif.—The Gemological Institute of America's (GIA) world headquarters in Carlsbad is closed today due to safety concerns stemming from the wildfires that are affecting the San Diego...
GIA expands Diamond Dossier service
Carlsbad, Calif.—As part of an effort to better meet client needs, the Gemological Institute of America (GIA) will expand the carat-weight range of diamonds that qualify for Diamond Dossier...
GIA updates reports on laser-manufacturing remnants
Carlsbad, Calif.—With the use of laser technology becoming increasingly common in the diamond-manufacturing process, the Gemological Institute of America (GIA) Laboratory said it would update...
GIA launches online lab service
Carlsbad, Calif.—The Gemological Institute of America (GIA) has announced the launch of My Laboratory, a new online service that allows diamond and colored-stone customers secure access anytime...
GIA to grade synthetic diamonds starting Jan. 1
Carlsbad, Calif.—The Gemological Institute of America (GIA) has announced that the GIA Laboratory will begin accepting synthetic diamonds for grading starting Jan. 1, 2007.
AGL gemologist to receive Liddicoat journalism award
New York—Christopher P. Smith, vice president and chief gemologist of the American Gemological Laboratories (AGL), will receive the Richard T. Liddicoat Journalism Award for industry/trade...
GIA Lab to offer priority service to JA Show attendees
Carlsbad, Calif.—The Gemological Institute of America's (GIA) New York Laboratory will offer priority lab services to attendees of the upcoming JA New York Summer Show.
New 'Gems and Gemology' features 'chocolate pearls'
Carlsbad, Calif.—The effect of graining on diamond-clarity grading and the identification of a type of treated "chocolate pearls" are among the subjects featured in the Gemological Institute of...
New Four Cs brochure helps holiday selling
Carlsbad, Calif.—As shoppers get ready to buy their holiday gifts, the Gemological Institute of America (GIA) is offering a new brochure to assist retailers in explaining the Four Cs of diamond...
GIA to offer new diamond-grading services, fees
Carlsbad, Calif.—The Gemological Institute of America (GIA) is introducing several new diamond-grading services and restructuring its diamond-grading fees, effective June 4.
GIA experts to present at ICA Congress
Carlsbad, Calif.--Representatives from the Gemological Institute of America (GIA) will present two major talks at the International Colored Gemstone Association (ICA) Congress in Panyu, China, next...
GIA to host GemFest Asia 2007
Carlsbad, Calif.—The Gemological Institute of America (GIA) will host GemFest Asia—Hong Kong 2007: State of the Global Jewelry Industry on Sept. 27, in conjunction with the annual Hong...
First GIA Lab Service Center to open in Hong Kong
Carlsbad, Calif.—To bring its laboratory services closer to its international clients, the Gemological Institute of America (GIA) will open the first of its new GIA Laboratory Service Centers...
Colored-gem treatments top topic at AGA conference
Tucson, Ariz.—Colored-gemstone treatments and the issues surrounding them will be the featured topic of the Accredited Gemologists Association (AGA) 2008 Tucson Conference taking place next...
AGA conference to focus on latest gem treatments
Tucson, Ariz.—With more gemstone varieties being treated than ever before, the Accredited Gemologists Association (AGA) will use its 2008 Tucson Conference to ensure that gemologists are in the...
AGL names new senior staff gemologist
New York—American Gemological Laboratories (AGL) has appointed colored-stone specialist Elizabeth P. Quinn, B.Sc, G.G., FGA, as senior staff gemologist.