Advance Gemstone Charter

Career at SGL often starts in our classroom.

Our Advanced Gemstone Charter course offers expertise and knowledge to a gem enthusiast and enables them to identify, grade and value gemstones based on international gemstone grading standards. The course aligns closely with the international colored stone industry, which will enable the candidate to easily relate to current market dynamics and terminologies.

Overview of the course

  • Get professional insight into identification of gem quality factors
  • Learn definitions, recognize gems’ beauty, rarity and durability affect their value
  • Differentiate between natural and synthetic counterparts with the help of practical learning
  • Hands-on experience with equipment such as refractometer, Chelsea color filter and more
  • Sessions about heat treatment, irradiation, lattice diffusion, dyeing, oiling and resin treatments
  • Learn to identify transparent gems like ruby, emerald, sapphire, tanzanite, and more
  • Detect gemstone phenomena and study causes behind them
  • Various types of cuts and facets and how they affect the transmission of light

Topics Covered

Quality factors

Evaluation on the basis of various characteristics of a gem

Treatment & processes

Methods to make a gem look more appealing

Gem identification

Learn to identify various kind of gems in detail

Cuts, shapes and facets

Cuts, shape and facets for gems

Other Courses

Qualified Diamond Specialist

Understand diamond aspects and key factors determining market value, with fast-paced insight into grading and the 4C.

Qualified Jewellery Specialist

An essential foundation of the sales and selling process which will become the key factor along your gems and Jewellery career.

Retail Product Management

It covers a broad spectrum of topics starting from the evolution of Jewellery to manufacturing to sales techniques and merchandising.