GIA Instruments works hand-in-hand with GIA’s laboratory, education and research teams, as well as the jewelry trade to develop the instrumentation you need to prepare you for the challenges of ...
Pink-to-red coral has a long history as an ornamental gem material in jewelry, carvings, and sculptures. However, due to a variety of environmental and legal factors, the supply of high-quality, ...
The separation of naturally colored lavender jadeite from color-treated material is a problem that has long plagued gemologists. One theory is that the dyeing agents being used are of an organic ...
A potential new synthetic gem material in the form of a faceted 0.88 ct brownish yellow nano-polycrystalline diamond (NPD) has undergone a full gemological examination, including detailed ...
The locality origin of natural-color blue sapphires from Kashmir can, in many cases, be positively identified. However, the field of origin determination is a very complex one – especially with the ...
The gemological properties of synthetic green and lavender jadeite, which has been manufactured by the General Electric Company on an experimental basis, are summarized. The synthetic jadeites ...
Commercial quantities of gem-quality chrysoprase and green prase opal (nickel-bearing chalcedony and common opal, respectively) have been recovered from altered serpentinite deposits near Haneti, ...
Commercial quantities of gem-quality benitoite are known from a single location in the world, the Benitoite Gem mine in the New Idria district of San Benito County, California. A barium titanium ...
Although various forms of paints and coatings intended to alter the color of diamond have likely been in use for almost as long as diamonds have been valued as gems, the modern era of diamond ...