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Press Release FROM MINE TO ROSTRUMSOTHEBY’S TO AUCTION ONE OF THE GREATEST GEM DISCOVERIES OF THE CENTURYAT 55.22 CARATS, THE RARE GEMSTONE IS THE LARGEST&...

Laboratory-Grown Diamonds vs. Synthetic Diamonds Q: What is the Difference between Laboratory-Grown Diamonds (aka Lab-Grown) Laboratory-Created Diamonds (aka Lab-Created) Factory Grown Diamonds Manmade Diamonds and Synthetic Diamonds? A: Absolutely nothing! They...

GIA Live OnlineAdvanced Laboratory-Grown Diamonds LIVE ONLINE | July 18-19, 2023, 8 AM- 4 PM PT | Cost $995 | This seminar builds on GIA's...

Laboratory Color Nomenclature: Gemological Science or Marketing? It has been a while since I have written a personal note. But now here goes. The troubling conversation...

New Gemstone Testing & Research Lab CDC, BHU Banaras Hindu University (BHU), located on the southern edge of Varanasi, near the banks of the river...

$155,552,014! Auction Results Top Estimate, Even Before Day 2 Record Broken The anticipated auction results of $150 million for the private collection of Heidi Horten, Christie's...

Blackstone Acquires International Gemological Institute (IGI) Antwerp, May 21, 2023 – Blackstone (NYSE:BX) announced today that private equity funds managed by Blackstone (“Blackstone”) have acquired International...

AIGS Launches Jedi Spinel Grading Reports by Julius Zheng The neon hot pink to red spinels from Myanmar have increasingly gained popularity in Asian markets in...

Gems & Gemology SPRING 2023 - VOLUME 59, ISSUE 1 On a personal note, if nothing else, the images in this issue, especially in the Sapphire & Tucson...

Describing Color in Gems • A Fool's Guide • Lotus Gemology Richard W. HughesLotus Gemology What is the finest blue, or the finest red? In truth, there...

An Exclusive Post Auction Interview with Dev Shetty https://youtu.be/qovSWqh_Dkk “We are very happy,” says an exuberant Dev Shetty, Founder & CEO of FURA Gems. “It’s a...

MTL Mineral Talks Live Introduces Smithsonian Curatrix Mineral Talks LIVE (MTL), is a monthly podcast from BlueCap Productions, with support from the Mineralogical and Geological...