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Organization makes its Distance Education Quarterly available online for the first time

April 30, 2009

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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 month.

Robert Weldon, manager of GIA Photography and Visual Resources, will discuss "New Developments at the Gemological Institute of America," which will introduce the GIA to a sizeable audience of Chinese manufacturers and retailers for the first time. Weldon will focus on the GIA's new developments in education and its new Web site, and provide an overview of recent museum exhibits that highlight colored gemstones. He will also give updates on recent GIA travels to exotic gemstone localities around the world.

Vincent Pardieu, supervisor of field gemology at the GIA Laboratory in Bangkok, Thailand, will share information on a new deposit of emeralds recently discovered in Davdar, Xin Jiang, a province of China.

Pardieu recently visited the new mining area on a three-month expedition and will highlight his gemological research discoveries.

"This expedition was particularly fascinating since Davdar is one of the rare emerald deposits in which emeralds host the classic '3 phases' inclusions, more commonly seen in Colombian emeralds," Pardieu said in a media release. "The mines are located close to the Karakoram Highway, formerly part of the famous Silk Road, and as a major road, should make mining this area an interesting and promising deposit."

The focus of this year's ICA Congress is on global trade and business development in China and will be held in China's largest jewelry manufacturing area, Panyu, Guangzhou, from May 5-10.

In other GIA news, the organization is making its Distance Education Quarterly available online for the first time.

The Spring 2009 issue has been named the "Emerald Edition" to highlight an institute-wide green initiative to minimize GIA's environmental impact.

The edition provides comprehensive information about the GIA's Distance Education programs, courses and lab classes. It also showcases interactive features including a demo of the recently launched GIA eLearning program, a "Mine to Market" video that takes you from a Colombian emerald mine to the retail counter, and a news segment on the GIA Museum emerald exhibit.

"Transitioning to an online-only version serves our Distance Education students in a more timely and convenient method," GIA Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer Kathryn Kimmel said in a media release. "Today's students are savvy with Web-based technologies, and this is a way for us to offer the information they need in a more accessible and interactive format. The online-only version also reduces the use of essential earth resources, which is the environmentally responsible thing to do."

To access the GIA Spring 2009 Distance Education Quarterly, visit Viewer.ZMags.com/ShowMag.php?mid=wdrtrf.

For more information about GIA Education, call (800) 421-7250 ext. 4001; outside the United States, (760) 603-4001.

For more information about the GIA, visit its Web site, GIA.edu.

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