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Supplier Spotlight Presented by IGI
![Pinky Jalui is Gemological Science International’s new executive vice president of global business development. 20230214_Pinky Jalui.jpg](https://uploads.nationaljeweler.com/uploads/19389c924b5ccd8f0127f5abe76ba4ee.jpg)
Pinky Jalui, who has more than 20 years of experience in the industry, joins the lab as executive vice president of global business development.
![The Gemological Institute of America will now offer the American Gem Society Laboratories’ diamond light performance report. 20230124_GIA-AGS report.jpg](https://uploads.nationaljeweler.com/uploads/dc1c659860364fc3d690ce277f4ca5cf.jpg)
The AGS Ideal Report by GIA is a digital-only addition to GIA diamond reports.
![Bloomberg reported last week that Fosun International Ltd. is considering selling the International Gemological Institute. Fosun has owned an 80 percent stake in the lab for about five years. 20230117_IGI potential sale header.jpg](https://uploads.nationaljeweler.com/uploads/868019e5b86adf95634e5af6dad8e4ef.jpg)
The company that owns an 80 percent stake in the Antwerp-based lab reportedly believes it is worth more than $200 million.
![Sarine Technologies Ltd. has signed a memorandum of understanding to acquire a majority stake in New York-based grading lab GCAL, which will transition to using Sarine’s automated, cloud-based and artificial intelligence-driven eGrading technology. 20230113_Sarine acquiring GCAL.jpg](https://uploads.nationaljeweler.com/uploads/8e1f42f3ef17c3ec73a18a57bf08a632.jpg)
The acquisition allows GCAL to expand overseas while giving Sarine a “recognized and respected” channel for offering eGrading in the U.S.
![The Gemological Institute of America plans to go entirely paperless by 2025. It began the process Monday, issuing the first digital GIA Diamond Dossier at its lab in Ramat Gan, Israel. 20230105_GIA digital Diamond Dossier.jpg](https://uploads.nationaljeweler.com/uploads/f9627f53bfb36a756f7b3cdb9c8f59a9.jpg)
The lab issued a non-paper Diamond Dossier, the first of its reports to make the transition, earlier this week.
![A 3.54-carat padparadscha sapphire submitted to the GIA laboratory underwent a color stability test, during which time its orange color increased. If left in the dark for a while, the color could become less orange or straight pink, GIA said. The lab said this stone would be called a padparadscha sapphire because the pink-orange color seen after the stability test (far right) fits that range. (Photo credit: Diego Sanchez) 20221214_GIA-sapphires.jpg](https://uploads.nationaljeweler.com/uploads/96ea11fad1f4633b5c09ff4642dd1f5a.jpg)
Some sapphires gain orange or yellow coloration when exposed to incandescent light, according to a recent lab note.
![The directory for instruments verified so far in the second round of Assure, the Natural Diamond Council’s third-party testing and verification program for diamond screening devices, is now available online. 20221121_NDC Assure 2.jpg](https://uploads.nationaljeweler.com/uploads/de7f8e9223057ae0c08e41e681f241db.jpg)
Assure is the program the Natural Diamond Council launched in 2019 to test lab-grown diamond screening devices.
![This 7.42-carat light bluish-green synthetic moissanite, submitted as a diamond, displays triangular features on each of the octahedral faces. (Photo credit: Jian Xin (Jae) Liao.) 20221117_GIA-snyth-moissanite.jpg](https://uploads.nationaljeweler.com/uploads/f9111efbbc55077fb984b7b553cbc6ec.jpg)
The discoveries were outlined in the Lab Notes section of the fall 2022 issue of Gems & Gemology.
![The ASDI-500, developed by SSEF and Unimec, can screen stones as small as 0.5 mm at a speed of 700 stones per hour. It will be unveiled at GemGenève International Gem & Jewellery Show in November. 20221026_SSEF-ASDI.jpg](https://uploads.nationaljeweler.com/uploads/af67fb2fea5c697b75637ef48cca76cd.jpg)
Created with Swiss robotics company Unimec, the ASDI-500 can screen stones as small as 0.5 mm at a speed of 700 stones per hour.
![AGS CEO Katherine Bodoh (left) and GIA President and CEO Susan Jacques at “AGS Day” at GIA headquarters in Carlsbad, California, on Oct. 4. The organizations announced this week that AGS Laboratories will become part of GIA in 2023. 20221021_AGS-GIA.jpg](https://uploads.nationaljeweler.com/uploads/5308f568fb2c8b8379f0187bdfa18dec.jpg)
CEO Katherine Bodoh said the merger will allow AGS to focus on its “original vision” as a trade organization and grow Conclave.
![GIA will begin the process of making all of its reports digital-only next year, beginning with the Diamond Dossier, its most requested report. 20221013_GIA Digital Diamond Dossier.jpg](https://uploads.nationaljeweler.com/uploads/66e35e5ac9e101bf67e799161d1338d6.jpg)
Paper versions of the Diamond Dossier, the lab’s most popular report, will no longer be produced beginning Jan. 2.
![The International Gemological Institute just introduced cut grades for fancy-shaped diamonds, saying it has created a four-step system combining proportions requirements with visual assessment. 20220907_IGI-report.jpg](https://uploads.nationaljeweler.com/uploads/9f817d9083514dcf07e225052421e1d8.jpg)
The lab said more attention is being paid to a diamond’s cut, and that interest extends beyond round brilliants.
![Grading lab IGI is now the valuation and content partner for Luxus, a new platform for investing in high jewelry and rare watches and gemstones, like the pink diamond pictured here. (Photo courtesy of IGI/Luxus) 20220824_IGI Luxus pink diamond.jpg](https://uploads.nationaljeweler.com/uploads/3d4250deda7173f3413b79c04d3e0054.jpg)
Launched in May, Luxus is an investment platform that specializes in rare gems and high jewelry.
![The 8X Ultimate Diamond Cut Grade is now the top cut grade users can search on both Virtual Diamond Boutique and Lab Grown Source. Pictured above is the search filter on VDB. 20220818_VDB 8X search.jpg](https://uploads.nationaljeweler.com/uploads/f7ff56666f969a12b471907260dd9e11.jpg)
8X is now the top cut grade on both platforms, above Ideal.
![The Gemological Institute of America has signed a nine-year lease on two floors of office space for a new lab in Dubai’s Uptown Tower. The 79-floor skyscraper is slated to be fully complete by the end of the year. (Photo courtesy of the Dubai Multi Commodities Centre) 20220728_Uptown Tower Dubai.jpg](https://uploads.nationaljeweler.com/uploads/b1ed164423be17e26a1b1095724e24b3.jpg)
Announced earlier this week by the Dubai Multi Commodities Centre, the news comes just as GIA prepares to close its Antwerp facility.
![GIA is closing its laboratory in Antwerp, Belgium on July 31. 2022_GIA.jpg](https://uploads.nationaljeweler.com/uploads/f015dd6b9c1ccba4a18a377ed06c8b62.jpg)
It is the organization’s only laboratory in Europe, but shipping services to other locations will be available.
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The lab is going all digital, starting with the GIA Diamond Dossier in January 2023.
![New York-based Gem Certification & Assurance Lab has introduced a new diamond cut grade standard for fancy shapes, called the 8X Ultimate Diamond Cut Grade. 20220505_GCAL-8X-Fancies.jpg](https://uploads.nationaljeweler.com/uploads/a71ac4d076b8c0f646c58cc36af022aa.jpg)
It will introduce the 8X Oval and 8X Princess Diamond Cut Grade certificates at the upcoming JCK Las Vegas jewelry trade show.
![Grading certificates from the Gem Certification & Assurance Lab (GCAL). The New York-based lab recently announced a new partnership that integrates its Diamond Grading Certificate Database with Instappraise’s platform. 20211209_GCAL certificates.jpg](https://uploads.nationaljeweler.com/uploads/67d32ba4163341987881bd26cc53ae9f.jpg)
The partnership reduces the amount of data entry required on appraisal documents, Instappraise said.
![The Gemological Institute of America has a new consumer marketing campaign that will run across three markets: the United States, China and India. Pictured here is the first ad rolled out for the U.S. market. (Photo courtesy GIA) 20211206_GIA consumer campaign ad.jpg](https://uploads.nationaljeweler.com/uploads/47599a2e9519316630bdfcb49cfc464c.jpg)
The untitled marketing campaign tells consumers GIA has graded some of the most important diamonds in the world, including theirs.
The grading lab is accredited as an SCS Global Gem Identification Verification Provider.
![Gemological Science International is offering more services via its new Assurance program, which aims to help ease pandemic-related logistical issues. 20211101_Assurance program.jpg](https://uploads.nationaljeweler.com/uploads/24c9507ffe6652013fabe411c46cb044.jpg)
The lab’s new Assurance program offers an e-commerce fulfillment program and a drop-ship service.