The 5th European Gemmological Symposium wil be held in the Netherlands, Saturday 15 & Sunday 16 June, 2013.
The Dutch Gemmological Guild and the Netherlands Gemstone Laboratory invite gemmologists, jewellers and anyone else interested in gemmology, to the 5th European Gemmological Symposium They have put together an attractive programme, highlighting recent advances made in gemmology.
The European Gemmological Symposium provides a platform where participants get first-hand information about gemmology and meet gem professionals from all over Europe.
On Sunday 16 June, the invited speakers, all internationally renowned scientists from Germany; France; Switzerland; the United Kingdom; Liechtenstein and Thailand, will present recent advances in gemmological research. A broad range of topics: diamonds; pearl (testing); opal; corundum (ruby and sapphire) and amber, will be covered.
The Symposium will be held at Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, the Netherlands.
For the complete programme: click here
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- Winner 2011: Jiang Zhe (China) - Porcupine Theory (brooch)
The highlights of the HRD Awards 2011 “You and Me” will be shown at the 5th European Gemmological Symposium on Sunday 16 June 2013 in the auditorium of Naturalis.
The HRD Awards were established in 1984. This initiative, introduced to stimulate creativity and innovation in the contemporary diamond jewel, developed into one of the major diamond jewellery bi-annual contests in the world. The contest formula is challenging and ambitious. The confrontation of “diamond”, the symbol par excellence of traditional values, with avant-garde ideas and contemporary jewellery design, should lead to innovative and creative jewels.
HRD AWARDS 2013 “TROMPE L’OEIL” - Nothing is what it seems
For the 15th edition of the HRD Awards, 31 laureates have been selected out of 1500 entries. In cooperation with both Antwerp and international diamond companies, these designs will be transformed into unique diamond jewellery pieces: the HRD Awards Collection 2013. On July 18 2013 the winners will be announced.
