GemTalks: How Not Screening Diamonds Is Exposing You to Risk

The first episode of Rapaport’s new series, GemTalks, focused on diamond verification and why it’s important to check every stone given the recent wave of undisclosed lab-grown goods.

Avi Levy, president of the North America business at the International Gemological Institute (IGI), and Steve Rees, IGI North America’s laboratory director, joined Rapaport’s Joshua Freedman to discuss the topic.

Sponsored by IGI, the LinkedIn Live session touched on how diamond screening works for different sizes and shapes of stones, the economics of diamond verification, and how to handle finished jewelry. The guests also took questions from the audience.

Listen to the video of the event below and download a free fact sheet from IGI about screening diamonds here.

This episode of the Rapaport GEMTalks Live is sponsored by IGI. Protect your business, your clients, and the industry with IGI’s screening and verification services.