Are the Gemological courses worth taking?
Keep in mind that these are my personal opinions and experiences, other people may have different ones. There are many organizations that teach about gemstones and the business of selling gems. The GIA (Gemological Institute of America) is probably one of the most well known. But there are many other organizations that teach and offer certificates too. Most of these organizations offer some type of certifications depending on the the courses a student takes and passes. One of the most common is Graduate Gemologist (GG). There are others, like pearls, diamonds, and often people will have multiple certificates. Before deciding if going to school and taking gemology classes like the GIA Graduate Gemology courses are worth it to you or not. You need to decide what your goals are. The reason I say you need to know what your goals are, is because there are several ways to approach this and it can be very expensive or not cost much depending on what you want. Note: Commercial cut gemstones ar
