UPCOMING EVENTS

• Tuesday, May 21, 2013 – Gemworld International Workshop - Corundum Treatments and Pricing Workshop – McLean, VA (All Day Class)
  

Gemworld International now offers education classes developed and taught by Dr. Cigdem Lule FGA, GG (GIA). The programs are designed for practicing gemologists, appraisers and industry professionals that buy and sell gemstones. This is an all day hands on workshop working with variety of Corundum Treatments. The class is taught by Dr. Cigdem Lule. $395 for The Guide Subscribers & DCGIA Members, $445 for Non-Subscribers. Contact Gemworld at 888.436.4843 or 1.847.657.0555 x 207 or visit their website at www.gemguide.com/services/education for more information

All Day Class - Start: May 21, 2013 9:00 am - End: May 21, 2013 4:00 pm
Address: 7925 Jones Branch Drive, McLean, VA, 22102, United States

• Thursday, May 23, 2013 – JADE, the Good, the Bad and the Ugly – Don Kay

DCGIA May Meeting Announcement - For the past 35 years Mr. Don Kay co-founder and president of Mason Kay has been a major jadeite jade distributor in the U.S. market place. Mr. Don Kay (BA & PhD, UCLA 1971) is a frequent lecturer on jade to appraisal & gemological societies. Don Kay will provide an appraiser’s point of view on jade valuation with lots of product shots together with prices, handouts and samples available for inspection. The basics of jade color, treatments, appraisal techniques and pitfalls will be covered. Current ban in Burma will be clarified, as much as possible.  

• Tuesday, June 18, 2013 – Faberge’ – Dr. Brenda Forman

DCGIA June Meeting Announcement - Faberge’ from the period of 1890 to 1918. While Lalique revolutionized jewelry design and made Art Nouveau jewelry a worldwide rage, even if a short-lived one, contemporary Fabergé in Russia was making jewelry and objects d’art that looked far more to the past, but whose appeal has endured to the present day, even to the point of fueling a thriving “Fauxbergé” industry.

Monthly Meetings are held at the Holiday Inn Rosslyn, 1900 Ft. Meyer Drive, Arlington, VA 22209, at the Virginia end of Key Bridge, 703-807-2000. Admission is free for those who have paid their 2013 annual fee and $10.00 for all others. Meetings begin with a speaker meet and greet at 7:00 PM and meetings start at 7:30 PM.

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Our annual meeting fee is $55 and entitles you to attend all 11 of the chapter meetings, and enter to win a Bob Davis $500 Scholarship. See the Education Page for the full details on the scholarship. You could also select to attend meetings individually and pay $10 at the door. You may also request to be added to our mailing list for meeting and educational event announcements. For additional information, contact our chapter secretary Charlie Marts

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