AGTA Spectrum and Cutting Edge Awards — The IMAGES: We now have them all...
The American Gem Trade Association has graciously shared the professional images by Jeff Mason of Jeff Mason Photography, capturing every winning entry from the...
GIA to Update Colored Gemstone Reports: More Country-of-Origin Gems on the List
GIA, the Gemological Institute of America, will launch redesigned colored stone reports and new services on January 1, 2026. The new reports will feature...
Scoping It Out: Photomicrography from Melissa Scarani*
Scoping it out
Images by Melissa Scarani
Melissa Scarani, GG (GIA), FGA, ASA, is the founder of Gemology Resources, and Houston Gemological Lab in Houston, Texas....
Susan Jacques Awarded GIA’s Richard T. Liddicoat Award for Distinguished Achievements
GIA Honors Susan Jacques
CARLSBAD, Calif. – November 10, 2025 – During the GIA Board of Governors meeting in early November at the Institute’s headquarters...
AGA Honors Brendan M. Laurs with 2025 Antonio C. Bonanno Award for Excellence in...
The Accredited Gemologists Association (AGA) is proud to announce that Brendan M. Laurs, Editor-in-Chief of The Journal of Gemmology, has been selected as the...
Into the Stone: Photomicrography from E. Billie Hughes
"One of the beauties of working with gemstones is that each time you peer into a stone, you get a glimpse of the universe...
NAJA’s 65th ACE©IT Winter Conference in Tucson!
The National Association of Jewelry Appraisers Announces Dates and International Team of Speakers for the Association’s 65th ACE©IT Winter Conference in Tucson.
For decades, hundreds...
OLD IS GOLD: The Opportunities in Estate Jewelry – Feature story in the GemGuide
by Brecken Branstrator, GIA GG, Editor-in-Chief, GemGuide.
Estate jewelry is one of the hottest categories in the market right now — offering not only a...
The Fall 2025 edition of GIA’s quarterly journal, Gems & Gemology (G&G)
GIA’s Fall Gems & Gemology is now available for free online. In this season’s issue, very rare and fascinating diamond properties bring out the...
Unearthed: Raw Beauty: Natural History Museum, Los Angeles, California – See some of the...
Los Angeles Natural History Museum
December 14, 2025 - April 18, 2027Free with general admission or for Members.
A Dazzling New Exhibition Coming to the NHM
A Not-to-Be-Missed Exhibition...
Into the Stone: Photomicrography from E. Billie Hughes
Here we have a close-up of a "fingerprint" inclusion in a Madagascar sapphire, shown before-and-after heat treatment. In this paired photomicrograph series by E....
Holiday 24-Hour Diamond Services at GIA’s Gem Lab
This holiday season, GIA is again offering complimentary next-day Diamond Grading Report and GIA Diamond Dossier® services for submissions to the New York and...
