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Turnaround times updated weekly on the GIA website.
GIA continues to marshal manpower and resources to improve the time it takes for gemstones to undergo the grading and identification process. We remain firmly committed to improving turnaround time without compromising the benchmark standards of quality and accuracy expected in GIA reports. Click here for current GIA Laboratory turnaround times.

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GIA School of Business
School of Business summer quarter begins July 21, 2008. Gain a comprehensive business education with a specialized focus on the jewelry industry. With four terms starting each year and 24 courses ranging from Visual Merchandising to Global Business Management to Accounting Basics, it’s easy to find subjects that fit your career goal and your schedule. What’s more, you can choose to learn on campus at GIA’s World Headquarters and Robert Mouawad Campus or online from the convenience of your home or office. Apply now.
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Careers Available
Careers at GIA
Join our professional team and become part of one of the most exciting and diverse industries in the world. View GIA's current open positions .

Diamond Graders Needed
The GIA Laboratory in Carlsbad, CA, has expanded its grading facilities and is looking for qualified candidates for our Diamond Grader position and other support staff. An intensive three-month, hands-on training program is provided for all new graders.

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Loupe Online

GIA Goes Global
This issue of The Loupe takes you on a trip around the world as we catch up with GIA’s plans for its Labs in Hong Kong, Thailand and Johannesburg and catch up with staff visits to China, Israel and Mozambique. Jam-packed with photos, it also includes a look at the Museum’s Historical Collection, a profile of long-time Vice President of Education, Brook Ellis, and highlights of alumni who are making a difference.
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Instruments
GIA Instruments UK Limited™ Now Offering DiamondSure™ and a New Model of DiamondView™
Orders may be placed by e-mailing GIA Instruments UK Limited TM, or by visiting the GIA Instruments UK LimitedTM website.

GIA Education

Earn your Graduate Gemologist diploma at GIA Carlsbad.
GIA's prestigious Graduate Gemologist diploma program provides you with the science and technical knowledge you need to deal in the entire spectrum of diamonds and colored stones. In just six months you learn the grading and identification skills of a senior jewelry professional. Program begins August 7, 2008.  Apply now.

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Events
GIA trade show schedule
Find out more about exciting GIA events as well as GIA's participation in upcoming gem and jewelry industry trade shows.
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Gems & Gemology

The Spring 2008 issue of Gems & Gemology mails April 21. This issue features Paraíba-type tourmaline from Mozambique, the history of diamond treatment methods, and purple diamonds from Siberia, plus the annual G&G Challenge quiz.
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Alumni Association

2008 GIA Travel Program – Space is Limited!
Join us as we travel to the Pacific Rim - Philippines, Japan, China, and Hong Kong - to explore the lands where some of the finest and most lustrous cultured pearls are grown. Go behind the scenes for experiences that only GIA can provide in the world of cultured pearl farming, manufacturing, and distribution. Don't miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, September 6-18.
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GIA Newsroom
GIA Expanding Diamond Size Range for Diamond Dossier® Services Effective June 1, GIA will be lowering the minimum size of diamonds graded to 0.15 cts. and raising the largest size to 1.99 cts.
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GIA Research
A respected source of gemological discovery
All of our online GIA on Diamond Cut articles are now available as formatted, printable files. View a complete list of article titles in the article archive.
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Education Updates


GIA is hosting Lab classes in Las Vegas during the JCK show at the end of May. View our current schedule. Space is limited so sign up now.

GIA History


Explore a colorful Flash presentation of GIA's fascinating history.

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