{"id":16068,"date":"2019-10-09T08:14:38","date_gmt":"2019-10-09T08:14:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cibjo.org\/?p=16068"},"modified":"2021-10-15T09:14:11","modified_gmt":"2021-10-15T09:14:11","slug":"cibjo-releases-coloured-stone-special-report-looking-at-technologys-impact-and-challenge-of-variety-names","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cibjo.org\/rstoolkit\/cibjo-releases-coloured-stone-special-report-looking-at-technologys-impact-and-challenge-of-variety-names\/","title":{"rendered":"CIBJO releases Coloured Stone Special Report, looking at technology\u2019s impact and challenge of variety names"},"content":{"rendered":"
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OCTOBER 9, 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

With fewer than six weeks to go to the opening of the 2019 CIBJO Congress in Manama, Bahrain, on November 18, 2019, the fifth of the CIBJO commissions’ Special Reports has been released. Prepared by the CIBJO Coloured Stone Commission, headed by Charles Abouchar, the report looks at opportunities provided by new technologies, and also at the vexing issue of gemstone variety names being used for marketing purposes, with few if any agreed to gemmological standards.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne would surmise that, with the pace of technological advancement today, the challenges facing the coloured gemstone sector would be lessening in number,\u201d Mr. Abouchar writes. \u201cBut, as we discover time and time again, both technology and human ingenuity have a tendency to create new challenges and transform old ones. We have our work cut out for us.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHowever, as an organisation committed to instilling ethical business practices, technology enables us to reach out to our colleagues in ways that once were not possible,\u201d \u00a0he continues, noting that over the past year CIBJO has made two landmark guides available to the industry \u2013 the \u201cDo\u2019s and Don\u2019ts,\u201d which provides easy-to-understand guidelines for industry professionals about the rules and methods for the accurate disclosure and description of natural materials, treated materials and artificial products, as well as recommendations about information that should be requested from suppliers; and the CIBJO Responsible Sourcing Blue Book, which recommends procedures by which all participants in the jewellery supply chain may undertake supply-chain due diligence. Both can be downloaded at no cost from the CIBJO website.<\/p>\n

Describing unsubstantiated coloured gemstone variety names as the \u201cbiggest challenge our trade is facing right now,\u201d Mr. Abouchar notes that there are numerous instances of the same descriptive names being assigned according to different standards, each time in accordance with the individual guidelines of various gemmological laboratories.<\/p>\n

\u201cStarting with more classical descriptive terms, like \u2018pigeon blood\u2019 and \u2018royal blue,\u2019 some laboratories began developing their own nomenclature, creating new descriptive names for a wide range of colours. Apparently, this is a mutually beneficial business strategy for both the laboratories and the dealers,\u201d he writes.<\/p>\n

Surmising that technology may eventually provide a solution to the problem, it is nonetheless imperative that the industry act quickly before consumer confidence is compromised. CIBJO\u2019s\u00a0 Coloured Stone Commission will work in close collaboration with the organisation\u2019s Gemmological Commission to establish standards and parameters for variety names, he notes.<\/p>\n

To download a full copy of the CIBJO Coloured Stone Commission\u2019s special report, PLEASE CLICK HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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