CARLSBAD, Calif. – Jan. 21, 2021 – Register for GIA’s Knowledge Rocks Week: Spring Into Color for four days of exciting virtual events taking you deep into the beautiful world of colored stones.

CARLSBAD, Calif. – Oct. 13 – As consumer interest in laboratory-grown diamonds increases, GIA (Gemological Institute of America) is driving its consumer-protection mission forward by introducing LGDR by GIA, a family of four new digital-only reports for laboratory-grown diamonds with 4Cs color and clarity specifications replacing the descriptive terms and grade ranges previously used on GIA reports for laboratory-grown diamonds.

The start of 2023 marks a significant milestone in the digital transformation of the global diamond industry - the launch of the fully digital GIA Diamond Dossier, the most widely available diamond grading report in the world.

GIA is offering exclusive promotional pricing for GIA Jade Report services from Feb. 12 to March 31, 2024.

Registration for Converge, the singular gem and jewelry event combining the unique expertise of the American Gem Society (AGS) and the Gemological Institute of America (GIA), is now open.

GIA, the leader in gemological research, education and science-based gem identification and grading services, is expanding its gem origin services to provide retailers and consumers with the diamond source information they demand.

GIA, the leader in gemological research, education and science-based gem identification and grading services, is expanding its gem origin services to provide retailers and consumers with the diamond source information they demand.

CARLSBAD, Calif. – Sept. 13, 2021 – In mid-August, as reported in the media, police in Surat, India, uncovered a fraudulent scheme involving counterfeit inscriptions linking lower-quality diamonds to GIA diamond grading reports for higher-quality stones.

CARLSBAD, Calif. – April 14, 2021 – Citing recognition of GIA for gemological report services and education, a Belgian court unequivocally ordered AIG Belgium, operating as American International Gemological Laboratories and Antwerp International Gemological Laboratories, to immediately cease using ‘AIG’ alone or in conjunction with other marks, or face significant penalty payments.

The more than 60 scientists, engineers, gemologists and technicians of GIA’s global research team met November 1-3 at the Institute’s world headquarters in Carlsbad, CA.

CARLSBAD, Calif. – Nov. 9, 2021 – The GIA community – more than 3,300 associates around the world and hundreds of thousands of graduates – offers their condolences to the family of industry icon Helene Fortunoff, who passed away earlier this week.

GIA’s Spring scholarship application cycle is open March 1-31, 2024

GIA, the leader in gemological education, research and science-based gem identification and grading services, is revamping the GIA Graduate Jeweler program in collaboration with master goldsmith and award-winning jewelry designer Alan Revere.

GIA is taking strong action in response to reports of fraudulent GIA inscriptions on laboratory-grown diamonds cut to nearly match GIA graded natural diamonds.

GIA has announced the planned retirement of its president and CEO, Susan Jacques, at the end of 2025. The Institute has begun a global search for a successor.

Industry leaders and some of GIA’s most experienced gemological experts will share their expertise and insights with participants at Converge

GIA welcomes Johanna Levy as the Institute’s first vice president of environmental, social and governance (ESG) programs.

The story of the life and stellar jewelry career of William Ruser is brought to life in a newly published book

GIA assisted in the recovery of two diamonds, each more than four carats, that were stolen with other pieces of jewelry from a home in Colorado in June 2023.

During routine color stability testing of sapphires, GIA experts observed an unusual gain of orange or yellow coloration to a padparadscha-like color or even to pure orange.