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 Post subject: Gemstones certification in Montreal
PostPosted: Sun Jan 26, 2014 3:06 pm 
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Hello folks,
I'm wondering if there's anyone who could tell me if there's a good place in Montreal,Canada to have gemstones certified?

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 Post subject: Re: Gemstones certification in Montreal
PostPosted: Sun Jan 26, 2014 3:59 pm 
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Just a reminder, gemstones are identified and graded; they are not certified.


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 Post subject: Re: Gemstones certification in Montreal
PostPosted: Sun Jan 26, 2014 4:28 pm 
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Hello,

Yes, I have told you a bit in your welcome post.

You can study with GIA by long distance study. Now, you do it mostly with the internet. They are based in New York but have other place to go for full time or the practiacl courses or the final exams. You have to check, but you can go to Toronto or New York for the parts that you have to be in a physical local.

And you can study with Gem-A by long distance and to the practical parts and exams in Montreal. Well that is how I understand it.

GIA is really well know by people of our province. My father was one of their first student in Quebec province about 55-60 years ago. Most of the gemmologists that I know or I have heard of arounf here have studied with GIA, not GEM-A. But, I do not think that Gem-A is offering the Montreal site for a long time. Well they were not around when I was more in contact with that world 20-30 years ago. So my information on when they arrive are my reasoning.

Good luck

Brigitte


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PostPosted: Sun Jan 26, 2014 8:29 pm 
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Maybe you could give the Montreal School of Gemology a call and see if they can recommend somewhere to have grading reports done on your stones.


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PostPosted: Tue Jan 28, 2014 9:40 pm 
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Thank you for your replies,very helpful :)


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