GIA’s services and instruments have grown in importance and impact as new gem treatments and laboratory-grown gems have entered the market.
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Enter a world not well-known in the West—the world of the maharajas and their jewellery, coveted by the modern-day moguls of business, entertainment and royalty. See the fantastic works of art made today in the form of enamelled Kundan meena jewellery and the regal look of polki diamonds.
Read MoreJaipur, India, is a leading emerald cutting and trading centre for the global gem and jewellery industry. See inside the industry with a GIA field team, and learn the intricacies of a business seldom seen by the public or most members of the industry.
Read MoreA treatise on the design, display, care and repair of fine gemstones.
Read MoreFrom the Summer 1991 issue of Gems & Gemmology, a summary of important gemmology-related articles published in other journals.
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GIA field gemmologists are a different breed. When Andy Lucas, GIA manager of Field Gemmology in Carlsbad, decided to take some holiday time, he didn’t make for the usual destinations. No beaches, ski resorts or cosmopolitan cities. Lucas instead headed off to Afghanistan, lured by deposits of fine emeralds.
Read MoreThis article, from the Spring 1991 issue of Gems & Gemmology, is a compilation of abstracts of important gemmology-related articles published outside of Gems & Gemmology.
Read MoreThe technique is nondestructive and, with Fourier transform instrumentation, extremely rapid in comparison to most laboratory methods.
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