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Richard T. Liddicoat Week & GIA offers First-Ever Hong Kong Show Service Laboratory
Celebrating the Life and Legacy of the Father of Modern Gemology
GIA is celebrating Richard T. Liddicoat’s birthday this week, and since you are part of our family, we wanted to invite you to join us in remembering his legacy. Mr. Liddicoat, who we all affectionately called RTL, would have turned 92 tomorrow, March 2. We hope you visit a special section of our website that includes biographical information, articles, photographs and a video of his life.
Don’t miss the next issue of AlumConnect, which you will receive March 5.
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GIA SHOW SERVICE LABORATORY
Hong Kong International Jewellery Show
March 5-9, 2010
GIA is offering its "GIA Show Service Laboratory" for the first time at the Hong Kong International Jewellery Show March 5-9.
The Show Service Laboratory is a convenient and mobile version of a GIA Laboratory that can provide trade show participants with the gemstone services they need to conduct business quickly, accurately and conveniently during the gem and jewelry show. Leading by GIA's most senior gem experts Mr. Kenneth Scarratt, Managing, Director, South East Asia & Director, GIA Laboratory Bangkok and Mr. Garry Du Toit, Manager Gemstone Identification who will be on hand to provide these reports.
Attendees can drop off gemstones from 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. March 5-9, at the Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre, booth 3KB 10, 11.
Colored Stone Services Offered:
In addition, GIA GemPassbook is valid for the on-site service at the HK show. Each passbook contains 50 pre-paid GIA GemPasses, which are good for identification or country-of-origin services. Each GIA GemPass is redeemable for one service per stone, regardless of gemstone size.
For more information about GIA GemPassbook, please contact GIA Laboratory Bangkok +66 2 632 4090 or info@giathai.net
To submit the stones at the show, please contact GIA Lab services
+852 9720 1739 and +852 9720 0181
Diamonds Services Offered:
- D to Z Diamond Grading for diamonds 1.50 carats and larger
- Laser Inscription
To submit your diamonds please visit GIA Hong Kong Service Center, Room 1203, 12/F, Aon China Building, 29 Queen's Road Central. The services will be available from Monday - Friday, 9.00am - 6.00pm.
For more information about GIA grading reports and services, visit www.gia.edu and click on Lab Reports & Services.
For more information about the Hong Kong Show Service Laboratory, call +852 3114 7102 or email: HKlabinfo@gia.edu.
“We are pleased to offer the convenience of an at-show laboratory to our international clients,” said Kenneth Scarratt, the managing director of GIA Southeast Asia and the 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.”
Please note: GIA will also have information about GIA instruments and books and Gems & Gemology, the Institute’s award-winning quarterly journal.
We look forward to seeing you at the show
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