The seminar will include brief presentations that will review pearl formation, the predominant types of pearls found in the market and GIA’s 7 Pearl Value Factors™ (size, shape, color, luster, surface quality, nacre quality and matching) for evaluating pearl quality. There will also be a practical and informative lesson on pearl care and cleaning guidelines.
Navasamakkarn is an instructor at GIA’s campus in Bangkok, and teaches the Graduate Diamonds program as well as Gem Identification and Colored Stone Grading lab classes. Prior to becoming an instructor, she worked as a diamond grader in GIA’s laboratory. Navasamakkarn holds a bachelor’s degree in science (geology) from Chulalongkorn University and is a GIA Graduate Gemologist.
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