Review of Franco Cologni’s In Praise of Hands: The Art of Fine Jewelry at Van Cleef & Arpels.

Review of Diana Scarisbrick’s Rings: Jewelry of Power, Love and Loyalty.

Examination of commercially-available “shell pearls” reveals imitation material.

Discusses the role of three-phase inclusions in emerald, in combination with spectroscopy and trace-element analysis, in determining geographic origin.

Amber samples were heat-treated, using various procedures and parameters, in an effort to reproduce materials found in the jewelry market.

Color modification is observed in a reddish orange zircon at the Bangkok laboratory.

A bluish violet sapphire shows surprising effects under lab examination.

An opal featuring a rare six-rayed star is examined in GIA's Bangkok lab.

Investigates the presence of fluorescence, rather than iridescence, as the cause of color in blue amber from the Dominican Republic and Indonesia.

今年的图森宝石和矿物展报道，其中包括丰富多彩的幻灯片展示和对业内专业人士的深刻采访。

Join GIA on location at the inaugural Gemfields Mozambique ruby auction and go behind the scenes for an insider’s look at the rough gemstone auction world.

通过这次虚拟旅行探索“科学之美” ：集合了由 Harold 和 Erica Van Pelt 所拍摄的各种标志性的宝石、珠宝、矿物和雕塑的照片。

Teri Brossmer、Carole Richbourg 和 Gina D'Onofrio 在 GIA 的卡尔斯巴德校区与学生们分享了有关宝石和珠宝估价的建议与见解。

Alethe Fatherley（阿莱特·法瑟利）是 Jewelers for Water 的执行董事，她之前并未总是把社会正义与珠宝行业联系起来。事实上，在过去几年中，只有东海岸的宝石学家才将“鼓励营造一种既可盈利又具有社会责任感的行业”的理念具体化。

Franco Cologni 的 《手之礼赞：Van Cleef & Arpels 高级珠宝艺术》(In Praise of Hands: The Art of Fine Jewelry at Van Cleef & Arpels) 书评

Noelle Vieillard-Jordi（诺艾尔·维拉德·乔迪）是 GIA 的研究宝石专家 (GG)，设计的珠宝主题为赞美现代女性的独立，这些女性群体善于发现日常生活中的乐趣和美，为自己购买珠宝也不仅仅是为了在“特殊场合”使用。

在中国之旅中，有人把正在雕刻的这块最大的翡翠原料介绍给 GIA 团队。 这个融合了自然之美和人类艺术的惊人之作是正在雕刻的作品，需要艺术大师们花几年时间专门雕刻才能完成。