Gemstone Play Days
These afternoons, are informal, fun, educational and a brilliant way to meet new people in the industry.
Join us at our office in Maidstone for an afternoon of witty banter, excellent education, amazing French Patisseries, decent tea and coffee and even a glass of wine should you so desire, all part of your ticket cost.
Grapes and Garnets: Exploring Garnets through 6 glasses of wine - 28th May
Garnets can be confusing, complex and the science behind isomorphous series is confounding for many. How can we make it easier to understand? Why by drinking 6 different wines of course!
Join Sam Lloyd; fellow Oenophile (fancy name for wine lover) and all round fantastic gemmologist , and me, Kerry Gregory; Head of Shiny Stuff at Gemmology Rocks and for an afternoon of wine and gemmology.
Glowing Gemstones: Using UV to help identify gems - 2nd July
Did you know you know that lots of gemstones display characteristic glowing features and colours under long wave and short wave light, and we can use this to help separate and identify them, and even some synthetic gems and treatments?
Join Shirley Mitchell; Valuer and Glowing Gemmologist Extraordinaire, and me, Kerry Gregory; Head of Shiny Stuff at Gemmology Rocks and for an afternoon of exploration of glowing gems.
