GIG Research Department aims at responding to rapidly changing gem treatment and synthesis technologies, as well as deepening the world’s understanding of how gems are formed, extracted, manufactured, and sold.
Our team of highly qualified Scientists, Gemologists and Analysts every day is severely committed to spreading awareness and publishing studies and articles on how gems are formed, extracted, treated or grown in lab.
Key areas of research include, but are not limited to: diamonds and synthetic diamonds, coloured stones origins and treatments, cultural heritage materials as well as objects d’Art.