CARLSBAD, Calif. – April 20, 2021 – Inspiration is a driving force in all of our lives, and it was the deciding factor in the difficult decision to select just two recipients for the Beyoncé Knowles-Carter x Lorraine Schwartz GIA Scholarship for full tuition to earn GIA’s Graduate Gemologist diploma through distance education.

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.

Anna Martin, GIA’s senior vice president of Institute and industry relations, will retire from GIA on December 31, 2023, after a very successful nine years with the Institute, 14 years on the GIA Board of Governors and more than 40 years as one of the most well-known and respected leaders in the gem and jewelry industry.

Recognizing the outstanding talent of GIA jewelry design students from around the world globally

Brandon H. Pace, an attorney with over two decades of legal experience in the financial and technology sectors, has been appointed by GIA

GIA has evaluated more than 30 rare and historically significant jewels ahead of Christie’s Magnificent Jewels auction, taking place on June 17 in New York.

Everything retailers and their customers need to know about diamonds just got easier to find and understand with GIA’s redesigned consumer-facing website dedicated to the 4Cs of Diamond Quality – Clarity, Cut, Color and Carat Weight – and to serve as the go-to source for gemstone information.

The board of directors of GIA India Laboratory Pvt. Ltd. (GIA India) has appointed Amit Pratihari as managing director, responsible for all aspects of GIA India’s gemological laboratories in Mumbai and Surat, as well as the GIA India school in Mumbai.

GIA and the Gianmaria Buccellati Foundation recently recognized the exceptional talent of GIA jewelry design students worldwide with the eighth Gianmaria Buccellati Foundation Award for Excellence in Jewelry Design.

The recent successful field-test of an innovative system for mercury-free processing of gold ore is a significant advancement in the important effort to safeguard the health and safety and improve economic outcomes for artisanal, small-scale gold miners (ASGM) and their communities.

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.

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