Colored Stones Grading Course
Colored Stones Grading Course
The Colored Stones Grading course is a critical bridge between the gemological scientific world and the gem and jewellery trade. It is ideally designed for gemology graduates to significantly shorten the period it generally takes to obtain the practical experience required to be a player in the real gem business world. Graduates of the course will understand and be proficient at grading, evaluating and pricing of gemstones.
Ruby, sapphire and emerald gems
Imagine leapfrogging directly from theory to practice – a quantum leap, if you may, that shaves off years in gaining the necessary experience for the business world. This is exactly what the course offers you. This course will introduce you to a variety of common gems available in the world trade and explain how to distinguish their quality and determine their value. This course will also acquaint you with some of the most advanced and revolutionary digital color communication online tools for defining, grading and pricing of colored stones, powered by Gemewizard®. Using the significant database of real gem online images, students will be able to practice sorting and pricing based on up-to-date prices, at a level that in real life would take one years to achieve. It is a highly recommended course for any gemology graduate with a relation to the gem business, providing you with the needed knowledge and skills.
The students will receive:
A fully illustrated Colored Stones Grading course notes.
Access to the online course materials, including hundreds of gem images, sorted by quality.
Access to over 100 online exercises of quality sorting and price calculations.
A student gem kit comprising 25 Terbium glass gem samples, depicting important shades of colored stones. (The kit remains with the student after the course and can be used as a color master ruler)
A 1-year subscription to All Gemewizard products, including GemePrice™ – an online pricing system and pricelist for diamonds and gemstones.
Screenshots from the course (click to enlarge)
The student will learn:
Definitions and grading-rulers of gems’ attributes, such as color, transparency, clarity, and cut.
The evaluation techniques commonly used by the gem trade.
The potential effect of each attribute on the gem’s price in the world trade.
The effect of other factors, such as country of origin, enhancements, pleochroism, optical phenomena and size, on the grading and pricing of a gem.
Gem definition borders, commercial names and misnomers, including different perceptions of each market around the world.
How to grade gems against actual and digital master rulers.
How to use the Gemewizard online tools for color communication, grading and pricing of gems.
Screenshots from the course (click to enlarge)
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