Van Cleef & Arpels’ L’ÉCOLE: From Dubai to Shanghai to Seoul, Garden of Emeralds...
Some exhibitions open, close, and quietly disappear.
Others continue to evolve.
L'ÉCOLE, School of Jewelry Arts, supported by Van Cleef & Arpels, has spent the past...
GIA Commemorates the 250th – Celebrate the 250th Anniversary of the United States of...
Red, White, and Blue
from GIA - Carlsbad, CA
Red, white, and blue may be familiar colors, but the gems that display them are anything but...
In Memoriam: Professor Mimi Ou Yang (1933–2026)
The international gemological community has lost one of its great educators, researchers, and pioneers with the passing of Professor Mimi Ou Yang Chiu Mei,...
GIA Opens Taiwan: Only school offering the GIA Graduate Gemologist program in Chinese
CARLSBAD, Calif. – March 31, 2026 – The new GIA School of Gemology and Jewelry Arts campus in Taiwan officially opened on March 29, 2026. The...
GIA’s Winter 2025 Gems & Gemology (G&G)
GIA’s Winter 2025 Gems & Gemology (G&G) issue is now available—online and in print. Fittingly, GIA describes this issue as one where “colored stones...
Ninth Annual Gianmaria Buccellati Foundation Award for Excellence in Jewelry Design
On February 6, 2026, the Gemological Institute of America (GIA), together with the Gianmaria Buccellati Foundation, presented the ninth annual Gianmaria Buccellati Foundation Award...
Gem-A’s GemIntro: A Practical Entry Point Into Gemmology
Gem-A’s GemIntroA Practical Entry Point Into GemmologyOpening the Door to Deeper Knowledge and Lifelong Discovery
Every so often, someone asks me, “Where should I start...
Gemological Science has lost a Champion: George Rossman, PhD, 1944–2026
In Memoriam
George Rossman, PhD, 1944–2026, Professor of Mineralogy, Emeritus,California Institute of Technology , died on Friday, February 6, 2026. He was 81 years old.
On...
Gem-A’s Photographer of the Year Competition! And the Winners are ….
Each autumn, Gem-A receives submissions for this contest, not just from Gem-A students, alumni and members, but from colleagues and peers around the world....
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...
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...
Canadian Gemmological Association Announces Canadian Jewellery Design Contest Winners!
The Canadian Gemmological Association (CGA) announced today the 2025 seventh Canadian Emerging Artist Design Competition winners. Jewellery students and new graduates across Canada were...
