The Gemmological Association of Great Britain (Gem-A) will introduce a new course in Coloured Stone Grading from February 2015 which covers some of the latest developments in the field including online/digital grading tools that allow them to study the quality grades of a stone and use the results to gain real-time indicative pricing. The course is being offered in association with Gemewizard, specialistsin colour communication and gem grading.

Gemewizard's inventor Menahem Sevdermish said, “The Gem-A Gemewizard course and  Gemewizard intuitive tools allow the student access to vast updated data of colour grades and prices of gems they cannot get anywhere else."

With such an innovative and interactive new system for the purposes of grading and pricing gemstones, Gem-A CEO James Riley, discusses how the decision to teach a course based on Gemewizard was a logical move. "As with all our latest developments, Gem-A is looking toward the new types of technologies that will shape our industry in the years ahead. Gemewizard's colour grading system with its associated GemePrice system is a one-of-a-kind piece of software that has an important role to play as one of the ways the gem community grades and prices gemstones. To keep up with the industry and the way it's moving, we at Gem-A think it's important to create new educational content that ensures those looking to join the trade are kept up-to-date will all the latest developments in techniques and technology."

The course will be available to the public in February of 2015. For more information about the course and what it entails, visit the Gem-A website via www.gem-a.com/education/coloured-stones-grading-course.aspx