GIA to host two GemFests at HK Show

GIA is organizing two GIA GemFests at the Hong Kong Jewellery & Gem Fair. Gem experts will make presentations.

Dr. Wuyi Wang, GIA’s director of research and development, will discuss the technologies used to screen for treated and synthetic diamonds. Wang will present on how GIA is addressing concerns of Undisclosed treated and synthetic diamonds, particularly in melee sizes, as well as the current status of diamond treatments and synthetics . Wang holds over 20 years of expertise in diamond geochemistry and the treatments of diamond and other gem material. He is widely published in gemological and geological publications, and has been recognized with numerous honors, including the Richard T. Liddicoat and American Gem Society awards, as well as the Dr. Edward J. Gübelin Most Valuable Article Award from Gems & Gemology.

The second presentation will be by Sudarat Saeseaw, GIA’s senior manager of colored stones in Thailand, on modern analytical methods used by gemologists. Saeseaw will discuss GIA’s procedures in identifying colored stones and the different types of colored stone analyses. Saeseaw is an expert in spectroscopy and chemical analysis and can accurately determine possible treatments, the identity of gemstones, and when possible the country of origin of certain gems. She is a GIA Graduate Gemologist and Fellow of the Gemmological Association of Great Britain.

The presentations are free and open to the attendees of the show.

GIA representatives will also be available during the show to answer questions about GIA education, instruments, laboratory services and the GIA Retailer Program. The Institute will also feature diamond and colored stone lab take-in services during the show.