GIA Publishing Colored Diamonds Book
August 24, 06
The Gemological Institute of America (GIA) will be releasing its new book, Gems & Gemology in Review: Colored Diamonds, at the organization's 4th International Gemological Symposium in
The illustrated book, combining more than 70 years of articles and notes originally published in Gems & Gemology, the Institute’s award-winning quarterly journal, was edited by John M. King.
“With this book, John King has captured the allure of fancy-color diamonds, as well as the science involved in characterizing and grading them,” said Alice Keller, editor-in-chief of Gems & Gemology. “There is no other publication like it.”
The book explores the unique characteristics, lore, and color grading of colored diamonds. The 340-page volume also comes with a supplementary booklet of color reference charts of the most important hues of diamonds. Several of these charts were created exclusively for the booklet.
King is technical director of the GIA Laboratory in New York and a respected authority on fancy-color diamonds, with more than 25 years of laboratory experience.
Colored Diamonds is the second volume in the Gems & Gemology in Review series. Synthetic Diamonds, edited by GIA Director of Research Dr. James E. Shigley, was released in April 2005.