For people looking to enter the glamorous jewelry industry, the Gemological Institute of America's (GIA) "Graduate Diamonds Program" is the perfect place to start.

This month, Rapaport’s Guide to Fancy Shapes, a comprehensive series that provides an in-depth analysis of fancy shape diamonds, examines the Eighternity™ diamond. Rapaport Diamond Report has carefully researched the shape to supply information on the optimum cut, price information and market demand, as well as what to look for — and avoid — when buying this diamond shape.

While continuing to defend itself against litigation that it falsified diamond certificates, the Gemological Institute of America (GIA) announced today that four employees of its New York gemological laboratory have been terminated as the result of a four-month independent review.

The Accredited Gemologists Association (AGA) has announced the program for its 2006 Tucson Conference, themed "Classic Gemology At Work in a Changing World."

The Gemmological Institute of India (GII) launched its National Research Centre for research and related studies on diamonds and gemstones.