The Gemological Institute of America (GIA) has officially inaugurated its new School of Gemology and Jewelry Arts campus in Taiwan on March 29, 2026, marking a significant expansion of its global education footprint. Strategically located in a central urban hub, the new facility stands out as the only GIA campus worldwide to offer its full […]

The post GIA Strengthens Global Education Network with New Taiwan Campus appeared first on The Jewelry Magazine.

GIA (Gemological Institute of America) has launched an automated system that can distinguish lab-grown melee from natural stones. It’s addressing concerns that simulants, laboratory-grown and HPHT treated natural diamonds, are deliberately being mixed into parcels of natural diamonds. The GIA Melee Analysis Service sorts the screened diamonds by color range. Clients can also specify a […]

The post GIA System Detects Lab-Growns in Melee appeared first on The Jewelry Magazine.

The annual GIA London Jewellery Career Fair brought together nearly 200 gem and jewellery enthusiasts from across Europe on Friday, April 5 at the historic Goldsmiths’ Hall in the City of London. Job seekers had the unique opportunity to network with international and local companies looking to fill more than 60 positions in all areas […]

The post GIA London Jewellery Career Fair attracts more than 200 candidates appeared first on The Jewelry Magazine.

Retailers participating in GIA’s Retailer Support Program can now use an enhanced collection of colored stone materials to tell the story of these beautiful gemstones to their customers. The materials – including brochures, counter displays and a birthstone flipchart – further the program’s mission to help retailers educate consumers about diamonds, colored stones and pearls, […]

The post Celebrate coloured stones with GIA’s Retailer Support Program appeared first on The Jewelry Magazine.

GIA’s second annual GIA (Gemological Institute of America) London Jewellery Career Fair will be held on April 5, 11:30 am to 4:15 pm, at the Goldsmiths’ Hall, Foster Lane, London EC2V 6BN, for an opportunity to meet gem and jewelry industry recruiters from all over Europe. The event is free and open to the public. […]

The post GIA Jewellery Career Fair to come to London on April 5 appeared first on The Jewelry Magazine.

Gemological Institute of America (GIA) has now expanded its bouquet of services under the Colored Stone Identification & Origin Report to now include alexandrite. It has thus added to the service which currently has ruby, sapphire, emerald, Paraíba tourmaline and red spinel under its purview. “Offering an alexandrite Identification & Origin Report continues GIA’s mission […]

The post GIA Expands Identification & Origin Reports of Coloured Stones To Include Alexandrite appeared first on The Jewelry Magazine.

GIA India Offers Seminar in Jammu on ‘Allure of Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald’. To help ensure public trust in gems and jewellery, GIA India organised an education seminar on “Allure of Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald” for members of the trade in Jammu on Dec. 21. More than 40 members from Sarafa Association, Jammu, attended to […]

The post GIA India Offers Seminar in Jammu on ‘Allure of Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald’ appeared first on The Jewelry Magazine.

GIA (Gemological Institute of America) announced today that Alrosa, the world’s largest producer of rough diamonds, is piloting in the Institute’s M2M program. “The M2M program is a way to share with the consumer the story of our diamonds,” said Sergey Ivanov, CEO of ALROSA. “The creation of tracing systems is an important step in […]

The post Alrosa Pilots GIA’s M2M Program appeared first on The Jewelry Magazine.

The GIA Global Leadership Program which was held at Harvard Business School (HBS) in Cambridge, Massachusetts was attended by 42 industry leaders from 11 different countries, the GIA said in a release. They were all CEOs or senior executives representing all areas of the industry – from manufacturing to retail, who examined the theme “Unleashing […]

The post Industry Leaders from 11 Countries Attend GIA Global Leadership Program at Harvard Business School appeared first on The Jewelry Magazine.

GIA (Gemological Institute of America) recently opened a campus at Tokyo, the announcement of which was made by GIA President and CEO Susan Jacques to an audience comprising the leading lights of the Japanese gems and jewellery industry. “We are thrilled to see the many years of GIA’s commitment and involvement in Japan culminate in […]

The post GIA Opens Tokyo Campus; To Offer Graduate Diamond Diploma in Japanese appeared first on The Jewelry Magazine.