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Buyer Beware When Shopping For Gems, The Reason To Buy From Graduate Gemologists
‘Today’ Show Segment Targets Lead Glass–Filled RubiesOnce again, lead glass–filled rubies are the subject of unflattering media attention, this time from NBC’s Today show. On July 28, 2014 the morning...
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Scientific Instruments Help Researchers Tell Gem Stories
Reported from the Gemological Institution of America.The names of these instruments may sound cryptic, but to GIA researchers they are the tools that help unravel...
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Victoria Gomelsky for the NYT "Shopping for a Diamond Is About to Change"
“A decent quality two-carat Argyle tender stone probably starts at $1 million a carat, wholesale, and goes up,” Mr. West said. “But when you have something that’s going to...