Gem-A and SSEF Announce Gem Testing Link-up
Press release from Gem-A & SSEF, Friday September 4, 2009
Gem-A and SSEF have signed a memorandum of understanding for Gem-A to outsource gemstone and pearl testing to SSEF (The Swiss Gemmological Institute) based in Basle, Switzerland. Although SSEF has operated internationally for many years, the new agreement will allow Gem-A’s UK Members the advantage of
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List of Gemmology Institutes & Laboratories
Belgium
- HRD Antwerp, Hoge Raad voor Diamant, www.hrdantwerp.be , Antwerpen; Diamond Education & Laboratory
Germany
- Deutsche Gemmologische Gesellschaft eV (German Gemmological Association), www.dgemg.com , Idar-Oberstein; Diamonds, Coloured stones & Pearls/Organic Substances education.
The Netherlands
- NEL, Nederlands Edelsteen Laboratorium, www.science.naturalis.nl/nel , Leiden; Education normally in Dutch, can be given in English on demand.
Switzerland
- Swiss Gemmological Institute SSEF, www.ssef.ch ,
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List of Museums with jewellery or gem collections
France
- Le Louvre, www.louvre.fr, Paris
- Musée des Arts Décoratifs, www.lesartsdecoratifs.fr, 107 rue de Rivoli Paris
- Musée National d’Histoire Naturelle, www.mnhn.fr, 61 rue Buffon Paris
- Musée National du Moyen-Age, www.musee-moyenage.fr, 6 Place Paul Painlevé Paris
Germany
- Museum Idar-Oberstein, www.museum-idar-oberstein.de , Idar-Oberstein
Italy
- The Etruscan Museum of Villa Giullia, Piazzale di Villa Giullia 9, Rome (No official web-site, Castellani collection)
Netherlands
- Allard
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About
Margriet Sopers, FGA
Having a diploma in jewellery, FGA and a propaedeutic of the Academy of Art followed-up by interesting years as a jewellery expert at Sotheby's & Gemeentelijke Krediet Bank, as well as being a member for years of the Society of Jewellery Historians, I am glad to share with you today's world of jewellery.