GIA is offering next-day services for natural, colorless diamonds submitted to its labs in New York and Carlsbad.
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The workshop will give attendees the chance to try out and ask questions about three different diamond verification instruments.

The stone’s two zones, one pink and one colorless, may have formed at two different times, the lab said.

It will classify lab-grown stones into one of two categories, “premium” or “standard,” in lieu of giving specific color and clarity grades.

Sriram “Ram” Natarajan is now GIA’s senior vice president of laboratory operations and is based out of the lab’s headquarters in Carlsbad.

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Pritesh Patel, the lab’s chief operating officer, will take over as president and CEO of GIA.

It will quit assigning the stones specific color and clarity grades in favor of applying “new descriptive terminology.”

The company has joined other labs, including GIA and Lotus Gemology, in adopting the Chinese term for "jadeite jade."

Located in Bangkok, the laboratory is Gemological Science International’s 14th location worldwide.

The lab has adjusted the scale it uses for nacre grading.

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Sapphires, emeralds, and rubies are finding their place in a U.S. market captivated by the gemstones once referred to as “semi-precious.”

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It includes pricing for unenhanced Colombian emeralds in the fine to extra fine range.

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GIA’s labs in Dubai and Hong Kong are now accepting larger diamonds in light of the “logistical challenges” presented by the new tariffs.

The grading lab said the search for her successor is underway.

Lab clients have the option to request this addition on their emerald reports.

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The diamond cut grade is now available for marquise- and pear-shaped diamonds.

Offered by the lab since 2016, the holiday season special is good from now through mid-December.

The location will close by the end of the year due to it being financially unsustainable, GIA said.

The lab will include reference numbers on reports for cultured pearls that contain bead nuclei embedded with an RFID tag.
















