After a two-year break, we exhibited again at the famous annual event in the Arizona desert. It was a chance to catch some sun, see old friends from four continents, showcase and sign two new books on diamonds published by Gemmological Research Industries Inc in 2020 and 2021.
Branko Deljanin gave 1-on-1 mini-workshops to interested visitors and kids! A highlight was a private tour of the University of Arizona Alfie Norville Gem & Mineral Museum.
BrankoGems On-line Academy launched at the show INTERMEDIATE DIAMOND PROGRAM that contains a Documentary movie on “Laboratory-grown Diamonds – from Factories to Markets” based on 10 Webinars and book from October 2020 to March and Lectures on Colored Diamonds, Diamond Treatments, Instruments for ID of Laboratory-grown Diamonds: Branko Deljanin (CGL, Canada), Dusan Simic (AG&J, USA) and Miko Åström (MAGILABS, Finland)
ADVANCED DIAMOND PROGRAM contains 7 lectures based on the book ‘DIAMONDS, Natural, Treated and Laboratory-grown” 2021: John Chapman (Gemetrix, Australia), Dr Alexander M. Zaitsev (NY City University, USA), Dr Taijin Lu (NGTC, China), Dr Viktor Vins (VELMAN, Russia), Miko Åström (MAGILABS, Finland), Dr Thomas Hainschwang (GGTL, Lichtenstein/Switzerland) and Branko Deljanin (CGL, Canada).
We had solid interest for Mediterranean Gem and Jewellery Conference in northern Greece from August 12-14, 2022. A great program with many workshops and field trips to mines and gem deposits of North Macedonia, Kosovo and Serbia are offered around the conference.