The Swiss Gemmological Institute SSEF has become the first gem laboratory worldwide to introduce DNA fingerprinting of ivory as a standard client service. It involves a scientific method that can provide valuable information about the species of ivory being used in jewellery and ornamental objects,...
We will be in Hong Kong 11 – 22 September offering our on-site testing services, during the upcoming Hong Kong Jewellery and Gem Fairs. Equipped with our mobile instruments and spectrometers, we will be testing coloured gemstones (no diamonds or pearls) at the Asia World...
We will be in Bangkok 19 – 23 August 2019 offering our on-site testing services. Our office is in the gem trade district at the Silom Road. Equipped with our instruments and spectrometers, we will be testing coloured gemstones. Please contact us to make an appointment. More information on...
We will be in Hong Kong 17 - 23 June offering our on-site testing services, during the upcoming Hong Kong Jewellery and Gem Fair. Equipped with our mobile instruments and spectrometers, we will be testing coloured gemstones (no diamonds or pearls) at the Convention &...
SSEF will be exhibiting at the Las Vegas Antique Jewelry & Watch Show May 30 - June 3 2019.We will be offering coloured gemstone express testing services at our booth 153 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. SSEF Las Vegas Antique Jewelry & Watch Show Booth 153 Las Vegas Convention Center 30...
The Swiss Gemmological Institute SSEF has successfully age-dated the historic ‘Ana Maria Pearl’ using carbon-14 (14C). This is the first time such a procedure has been conducted on a historic natural pearl, to provide valuable and new information on the age of a gem.Read Press...
We will be in Bangkok 20 – 24 May 2019 offering our on-site testing services. Our office is in the gem trade district at the Silom Road. Equipped with our instruments and spectrometers, we will be testing coloured gemstones. Please contact us to make an appointment. More...
SSEF is honoured to take part in the upcoming second edition of the GemGenève show at Palexpo in Geneva. We will be offering coloured gemstone express testing services at our booth K1. Further, Dr. Michael S. Krzemnicki will be giving a talk during GemGenève, details of which can...
During BaselWorld 2019 (21 – 26 March), SSEF will be offering its convenient gemstone and pearl testing services. You can find us on the ground floor of Hall 3 at booth No. 3.0/ B31, at a different location than last year. We look forward to meeting...
GemTrack™ links a cut stone to a specific rough stone using gemmological techniques.GemTrack™ is based on a combination of crystallographic, structural, chemical and microscopic analyses that allow for detailed and potentially unique characterisation and fingerprinting of a rough stone. These same features are later investigated...