The Gemological Institute of America (GIA) is introducing its latest state-of-the-art diamond services at the June Hong Kong Jewellery & Gem Fair. GIA is presenting a service that gives consumers a new way to learn more about their diamonds’ history: GIA M2M. A digital storytelling platform and app, M2M provides a closer look into all … Read More →
The spring 2016 auction season achieved nearly US$800 million in sales between March and July, with fancy coloured diamonds and coloured gemstones top-billing the season’s offerings. A report by Russell Shor of the Gemological Institute of America (GIA) showed that Christie’s and Sotheby’s, which control over 90 percent of top-end gem and jewellery sales worldwide, beat … Read More →
GIA researchers say that a recently graded synthetic stone – the largest of its kind to be studied by the organisation – exemplifies how quickly synthetic diamond technology is progressing and the increasing importance of identification. The stone, which was examined at the Gemological Institute of America’s (GIA’s) New York laboratory, was supplied by Russian … Read More →