NAJA 61st Annual ACE©it Winter Education Conference

NAJA 61st Annual ACE©it Winter Education Conference Make your hotel and car rental reservations NOW to attend The 61st NAJA (National Association of Jewelry Appraisers) Annual...

AGA’s 50th Anniversary Conference & Gala

AGA’s 50th Anniversary Conference & Gala AGA announces 2024 Tucson Conference and Gala – Speakers, Registration Opening The annual Accredited Gemologists Association's (AGA) Tucson Gemological Conference...

Hexagonal Quartz Crystals Circling the Planet!

Hexagonal Quartz Crystals Circling the Planet! JWST Detects Quartz Crystals in an Exoplanet’s Atmosphere Astronomers have found high-altitude clouds formed from quartz crystals on the gas-giant...

Zimbabwe School of Mines Introduces Gemstone Cutting

Zimbabwe School of Mines Introduces Gemstone Cutting The Zimbabwe school of mines (ZSM) seeks to explore opportunities to introduce programs in emerging areas such as...

Pandora Support Gets a Rap Response

Pandora Support Gets a Rap Response Gary RoskinRoskin Gem News Report In a recent LinkedIn post, Samantha Lekkas, Executive Vice President of Sales and Merchandising, moved...

Is Jewelry Art? A New Book about David Webb

Is Jewelry Art? A New Book Argues That David Webb’s Designs Are Nothing But October 5, 2023By VICTORIA GOMELSKY Robb Report Sixty years ago, the famed jeweler wrote...

Sri Lanka or Madagascar? Blue Sapphire

Sri Lanka or Madagascar? Blue Sapphire Lotus Gemology Sri Lanka or Madagascar? Many clients have asked why some of their blue sapphires get a Sri Lankan origin...

Sodalite from Malawi: a New Discovery

Sodalite from Malawi: a New Discovery Gary RoskinRoskin Gem News Report Kilometers of Sodalite up Mulanje Mountain When one thinks of the classic gem materials, Sodalite unfortunately...

Sotheby’s Hong Kong: Magnificent?

Sotheby's Hong Kong: Magnificent? "This Autumn Sotheby’s presents Magnificent Jewels I, featuring an exquisite collection of signed jewels, from an Art Deco Cartier Tutti Frutti...

Curious Details of GIA’s July Lab Staff Layoffs

Curious Details of GIA's July Lab Staff Layoffs Gary RoskinRoskin Gem News Report In late July, the Gemological Institute of America (GIA), one of the world’s...

Thai Gem Institute Elevates Standards in Collaboration with Chinese Lab [GIT & NGTC]

Thai Gem Institute Elevates Standards in Collaboration with Chinese Lab Bangkok Post© Bangkok Post PCL The Gem and Jewelry Institute of Thailand partners with China's...

Towards Boosting Local Processing of Nigeria’s Gemstones

Towards Boosting Local Processing of Nigeria’s Gemstones Written by Silas EzeugwuLeadership.ng The failure to process raw minerals – whether hydrocarbons or solid minerals – into finished products...