gemology
noun
the science dealing with natural and artificial gemstones.
gemologist
-
a word derived from
gemology.
Example Sentences
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Lezlie Bailey, who worked as a gemologist at Vashi, says the company was buying smaller or lower-quality diamonds than customers had paid for and scratching off the GIA numbers.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2025
A Singapore native, Ban was born to real estate development executive David Ban and gemologist Patricia Ban.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2025
Mr. Kunz “acquired the rough gemstone from a mine in California and cut the stone in his studio,” Victoria Reynolds, Tiffany’s chief gemologist since 2020, wrote in an email.
From New York Times ● Dec. 5, 2022
While a gemologist wouldn’t be able to tell the difference between mined and synthetic diamonds, a jeweler needs to tell buyers the origin.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 25, 2017
Before the war, the life of Reinhold von Rumpel was pleasant enough: he was a gemologist who ran an appraisal business out of a second-story shop behind Stuttgart’s old chancellery.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
