Laboratory
Asian Institute of Gemological Sciences (AIGS)
Bangkok, Thailand
Coloured stones; treatments and origin
The Asian Institute of Gemological Sciences (AIGS), founded in Bangkok in 1978, runs a laboratory and a gemmology school in the Jewelry Trade Center on Silom Road.
What it does
Coloured stone identification, treatment detection and origin reports, diamond grading, and jewellery reports.
Using any laboratory
- Ask what the report will state (identity, treatment, origin, grade) and how long it takes; turnaround and fees change.
- Check a report online with the laboratory's own report-check service, and match the stone to the report.
- Reports from different laboratories can differ, especially on colour grades, treatment and origin. A report is an opinion based on the tests made, not a valuation.
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