香港大學地球科學系–亞洲寶石學院 2018國際寶石學研討會主講嘉賓–Renée Newman

DES – AGIL 2018 International Gemmological Conference
香港大學地球科學系–亞洲寶石學院 2018國際寶石學研討會

DES–AGIL 2018國際寶石學研討會
日期:2018年9月16日 (星期日)
時間:上午9時至下午12時半
地點:香港大學道3號香港大學
           研究生堂王賡武講堂
語言:英語及普通話即時傳譯
DES–AGIL 2018 International Gemmological Conference
Date :   16th September 2018 (Sunday)
Time :   9:00am – 12:30pm
Venue : Wang Gungwu Lecture Hall, Graduate House,
The University of Hong Kong, 3 University Drive, Hong Kong
Language: English & Mandarin Simultaneous Translation

 

 

Speaker Renée Newman, GG
Title of Presentation The Diversity of American Gems

 

The professional biography:
Renée Newman, GG, is a gemmologist and author of 13 books on jewellery and gems. In the early 1980's she directed tours to Asia, South America and the South Pacific. Her passengers wanted details on how to evaluate the quality of the gems they were exposed to. However, hardly any written information was available about judging gem quality so she signed up for the GIA Colored Stone Grading Course. Renée was so impressed with it that she decided to take the other courses required to become a gemmologist. After obtaining her gemmological diploma, she was hired as a gemmologist at a wholesale firm in downtown Los Angeles.

Armed with trade experience and gemmological credentials, Renée decided to create books that showed readers how to visually evaluate the quality of gems. Her first book, the Diamond Ring Buying Guide, was published in 1989. Since that time, she has written twelve more books on gems and jewelry. Information about the books and reviews of them are available on her website www.reneenewman.com.
Renée’s books are used worldwide as buying guides, sales-training tools, gemmology course texts and references for jewellers, dealers and appraisers. The books will be available for purchase at the AGIL Hong Kong Jewellery Show booths.

 

The abstract of the talks
The United States is more noted for its diversity of gems than its high production of them. It has gem varieties that you won’t find elsewhere in the world and some high-quality examples of gemstones that are normally mined in other countries, e. g., diamond, emerald and sapphire. Renee’s PowerPoint will provide a brief overview of the wide variety of gems that are found in the USA.