Pakistan Gems and Jewellery Development Company (PGJDC) has arranged a training course on Gemstone Identification and Grading at the Gem Exchange, Namak Mandi, in Peshawar on Tuesday. This two-week ...

Pakistan Gems and Jewellery Development Company (PGJDC) has organised a training course on gemstone identification at its Gem Exchange at Namak Mandi, Peshawar. Ilyas Ali Shah, a PGJDC geologist, is ...

Once a thriving city in Iran’s Sistan and Baluchestan Province around 3200 B.C., Shahr-e Sokhteh now stands abandoned. Shahr-e Sokhteh, which means “Burnt City,” was located at the junction of trade ...

Identifying gemstones is not a trivial task. While properties such as color and transparency can help with identification, gemstones such as rubies, spinels, and garnets can be difficult to ...

Synthetic gem-crystals are available since the late 1800s and their production processes were more and more refined. Later, starting in the 1950s, diamond was available via different types of ...