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Gübelin Gem Lab wins JNA Awards 2017 with its Emerald Paternity Test At the JNA 2017 the Gübelin Gem Lab has been awarded in the category “Industry Innovation of the Year” for its Emerald Paternity Test. The Emerald Paternity Test is a patented technology to prove the provenance of emeralds back to the exact mine. It enables all stakeholders to work towards the realisation of their goals of transparency. Emerald Paternity Test Transparency Daniel Nyfeler, Managing Director, Gübelin Gem Lab, stated: “This technology offers all stakeholders along the entire supply chain, from the miner to the final customers, proof of the exact source of emeralds. It enables a new level of transparency for the gemstone trade.” “I am very pleased that we won in this important category and proud that the scientists working in the Gübelin Gem Lab are perpetuating the work of my great-uncle Eduard Josef Gübelin”, says Raphael Gübelin, President of the Swiss family-run business in its sixth generation, of which the laboratory is a fully independent subsidiary. He adds: “As part of our over 160 year tradition it has always been our target to provide the consumer with the most relevant information possible. This new technology will bring transparency to the industry in a complete new way.” Gübelin operates one of the world’s most respected gemmological laboratories. A completely independent subsidiary, the Gübelin Gem Lab provides analyses of diamonds, coloured gemstones and pearls, and is particularly known for its expertise in coloured gems. Keen to share this expertise with the wider public, in 2013 Gübelin opened the Gübelin Academy in Hong Kong. Geared to professionals as well as enthusiasts and connoisseurs of coloured stones, the Academy offers a series of modular programmes providing a unique fast-track training into the wonderful world of coloured gems.
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