GIA Offers Laboratory Services During the Hong Kong International Jewellery Show

CARLSBAD, Calif. – Feb. 26, 2010 – The Gemological Institute of America (GIA) Show Service Laboratory will offer diamond and colored stone services during the upcoming Hong Kong International Jewellery Show taking place March 5–9.

The GIA Show Service Laboratory is a convenient and mobile version of a GIA Laboratory that can provide trade show participants with the gemstone grading and identification services they need to conduct business quickly, accurately and conveniently during the gem and jewelry shows. Some of GIA’s most senior gem experts will be on hand to provide these reports.

Colored Stone Services offered on show-site at Booth 3KB 10, 11

Attendees can drop off gemstones, including jadeite, for identification and country of origin services for ruby, sapphire, emerald and tourmaline, and may redeem a GIA GemPass™ or purchase a GIA GemPassbook™ for the most affordable access to these colored stone services.

Diamond Services offered at the GIA Laboratory Service Center in Hong Kong

GIA Diamond Grading Reports and GIA Diamond Dossiers® for D to Z diamonds 1.50 carats and larger and laser inscription services will be offered. Reports will be issued daily, subject to in-take. No appointments are necessary. The GIA Service Center is located at Room 1203, 12/F, Aon China Building, 29 Queen’s Road Central. Open Monday thru Friday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

“We are pleased to offer the convenience of an at-show Laboratory to our international clients,” said Kenneth Scarratt, managing director of GIA Southeast Asia and director of the GIA Laboratory in Bangkok. “Being on-site makes it possible for us to respond fast and efficiently to any of our client’s gemological needs. And our new GemPass system puts GIA’s colored stone services within the reach of any budget – even in the hardest economic climates.”

In addition to Laboratory services, show attendees are invited to visit GIA’s booth to learn more about the Institute’s educational programs, research, instruments, and publications, including Gems & Gemology, GIA’s award-winning quarterly journal.

For more information about the Hong Kong Show Service Laboratory, including how to purchase a GIA GemPassbook, call 852-3114-7102 or email HKlabinfo@gia.edu.