Fine-color, large, and eye-clean (lacking visible inclusions) rubies like this 11.01carat (ct) stone from Myanmar (formerly known as Burma) are extremely rare and valuable. – Photo: Robert Weldon/GIA.
GIA studied more than 400 important gemstones from the Gübelin Collection and is committed to sharing this repository of gemological information. This work is a valuable resource for all students, ...
PDF versions of the GIA Laboratory-Grown Diamond Reports are available on Report Check. Look for an icon in the upper right hand corner. Once downloaded, the report can be printed for your records.
With 65,000 volumes, 230,000 images, 2200 videos, and 1200 periodicals, the Richard T. Liddicoat Gemological Library & Information Center and Cartier Rare Book Repository & Archive is the largest, ...
You need to sign a client agreement every time a new version is published. If a new signed client agreement is required, a Client Service Representative will reach ...
To address concerns about laboratory-grown and treated diamonds being mixed into parcels of melee, GIA has developed an automated system to analyze and sort melee-size diamonds quickly and accurately.
There is no difference between the terms “treatment” and “enhancement.” They are both used to describe any artificial process that alters the appearance, especially the color or clarity, of any gem ...
Antique Pyrope Hairpin in the collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History - Chip Clark, courtesy Smithsonian Institution Thousands of years ago, red garnet necklaces adorned the ...
The Graduate Gemologist ® diploma program taken via Distance Education is a combination of five online eLearning courses and three hands-on lab classes. Lab classes are offered at GIA campuses ...