The GIA Laboratory-Grown Diamond Report includes full quality assessment with a plotted clarity diagram. Color and clarity specification are described on the same scale as the GIA Diamond Grading ...

The unique beauty of gem sapphires from Kashmir has brought fame to a locality about which little has been reported in recent years. After an initial burst of activity 100 years ago, the production of ...

Success in the gem and jewelry industry requires keeping abreast of gem discoveries, new treatments and synthetics and their detection, and evolving technologies. The 2018 GIA Symposium – “New ...

Two new deposits of Cu-bearing tourmaline have been found in Paraíba State, Brazil, not far from the original source at Mina da Batalha. The Glorious mine has produced a limited amount of gem-quality ...

CARLSBAD, California – September 23, 2024 – Everything retailers and their customers need to know about diamonds just got easier to find and understand with GIA’s redesigned consumer-facing website ...

Pictured above, a South Sea cultured pearl containing an RFID tag, an RFID reader, and a GIA Cultured Pearl Classification Report describing the RFID reference number. Fukui Shell Nucleus Factory uses ...

Cultured pearls come in different sizes, shapes, and colors. Perhaps the best-loved gems of all time, pearls—both natural and modern cultured pearls—occur in a wide variety of colors. The most ...

刚玉（红宝石和蓝宝石）呈现出光谱中的各种颜色，从古至今一直是备受欢迎的宝石。摄影：Robert Weldon（罗伯特·韦尔登）/GIA 几千年来，红宝石和蓝宝石（通常为蓝色，有时也有各种其他颜色 ...

The even, deep blue color of this lapis lazuli cabochon is rare and highly prized by connoisseurs. Lapis lazuli is treasured the world over for its beautiful deep blue color. Variously described as ...

The term “pink emerald” is not accepted by GIA. The Institute’s experts feel that it is a misleading term. Both emerald and morganite are varieties of the mineral beryl. Morganite is a beautiful ...

Diamond is available in a range of sizes and qualities to fit every consumer's tastes. One of the first things most people learn about diamonds is that not all diamonds are created equal. In fact, ...

Diamonds have a long history as beautiful objects of desire. In the first century AD, the Roman naturalist Pliny stated: “Diamond is the most valuable, not only of precious stones, but of all things ...