People & Places AGA Bonanno Award 2019 - TucsonAccredited Gemologists Association - Bonanno Award 2019HRD Diamond Advanced spectroscopy course, Antwerp, Dec 18th 2018HRD Diamond Advanced spectroscopy course, Antwerp, Dec 18th 2018HRD Diamond Advanced spectroscopy course, Antwerp, Dec 18th 2018HRD Diamond Advanced spectroscopy course, Antwerp, Apr 28th 2019Agta Booth, Tucson 2020AGTA Booth, Tucson 2020MAGILABS Team at the AGTA Booth, Tucson 2020Gigantic Aqua rough, AGTA Booth, Tucson 2020Playing with a gigantic Aqua rough, AGTA Booth, Tucson 2020HRD Diamond Advanced spectroscopy course, Antwerp, Dec 18th 2018With Dick and Billie Hughes, Simon Dussart and Rex Guo, AGTA, Tucson 2020Magilabs Team at the NASA space center - 2022The University of Arizona Alfie Norville gem & mineral museum - Tucson 2022St. Augustine Cathedral - Tucson - 2022Magilabs booth at the AGTA Galleria, Tucson 2022The Magilabs Team at the booth - Tucson 2022Demo of the GemmoRaman - Tucson 2022GemmoFTIR training at the booth - Tucson 2022Tucson 2022 Collecting data of synthetics from Arya Akhavan - Tucson 2022With Arya Akhavan and Brian Thompson at the booth - Tucson 2022testing fancy color diamonds with Brian Denney at the booth - Tucson 2022AGTA Entrance - Tucson 2022With Jim Shigley at the booth - Tucson 2022Demo of the GemmoSphere - Tucson 2022With Victor Tuzlukov at the booth - Tucson 2022With John and Kristi Koivula at the AGTA Galleria - Tucson 2022with Bear and Cara Williams at the AGTA show- Tucson 2022EXA Demo at the booth - Tucson 2022Setting up the units at the booth - Tucson 2022With Emmanuel Fritsch at the GJX - Tucson 2022Mogok, Myanmar, Nov 2016panorama view of the Mogok valleyMogok, Myanmar, Nov 2016Injauk mine, Mogok, Myanmar, Nov 2016Primary mine, Mogok, Myanmar, Nov 2016inside sapphire primary mine, Mogok, Myanmar, Nov 2016view of the valley, Mogok, Myanmar, Nov 2016mining operations in secondary mine, Mogok, Myanmar, Nov 2016inspecting goods at secondary mine, Mogok, Myanmar, Nov 2016gravel washing at a secondary mine, Mogok, Myanmar, Nov 2016artisanal mining, injauk, Mogok, Myanmar, Nov 2016gem Market, Mogok, Myanmar, Nov 2016Primary mine entrance, Mogok, Myanmar, Nov 2016primary sapphire mine, Mogok, Myanmar, Nov 2016 closed entrance of the oldest source of royal blue sapphire, Ludwin, Mogok, Myanmar, Nov 2016 Mogok, Myanmar, Nov 2016 Mogok, Myanmar, Nov 2016 water cannon operation at a secondary mine, Mogok, Myanmar, Nov 2016 With Olivier Louy at the GemmoRaman booth, Riverpark inn, Tucson. Feb 5th, 2013Demo of the GemmoFTIR for Christopher Smith, Egor Gavrilenko and Brendan Laurs, Gem-A Headquarter, October 31st, 2014Dinner at the Naval Club with Eric Fritz, James Riley and Brendan Laurs, October 31st, 2014Installation of The GemmoFTIR at the Gem-A headquarter, October 31st, 2014exchanging gemmological ideas with Menahem Sevdermish at Gem-A Headquarter, October 31st, 2015The Naval Club in London, Gem-A Conference, October 31st, 2014The GemmoRaman booth at Riverpark inn, Tucson. Feb 5th, 2013with Amandine Rongy, Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas, June 2nd, 2014with Bear Williams and Gary Roskin at the JCK Gem-A booth, Las Vegas, June 2nd, 2014with Gary Roskin at the JCK Gem-A booth, Las Vegas, June 2nd, 2014With Dick Hughes and Dana Schorr at the GemmoRaman booth, Riverpark inn, Tucson. Feb 5th, 2013with Victor Tuzlukov at the JCK Gem-A booth, Las Vegas, June 2nd, 2014with Alexander Bulatov at the JCK Gem-A booth, Las Vegas, june 1st, 2014with Craig Lynch at the JCK Gem-A booth, Las Vegas, June 1st, 2014Installing the GemmoRaman-532 SG at the National Assay Office of Latvia. Riga, Aug 26th, 2013Installing the GemmoRaman-532 SG at the National Assay Office of Latvia. Riga, Aug 26th, 2013GemmoRaman Setup at the JCK Gem-A booth, Las Vegas, May 30th, 2014with Nancy Stacy at the JCK Gem-A booth, Las Vegas, May 30th, 2014GemmoRaman Setup at the JCK Gem-A booth, Las Vegas, May 30th, 2014GemmoRaman Setup at the JCK Gem-A booth, Las Vegas, May 30th, 2014Peters Brangulis, head of the National Assay Office of Latvia, testing diamonds in LN immersion. Riga, Aug 26th, 2013demonstrating the unit to Dusan Simic at the AGA Conference, Las Vegas, May 29th, 2014demonstrating the unit to Charles Carmona at the AGA Conference, Las Vegas, May 29th, 2014setup for the AGA conference, Las Vegas, May 29th, 2014demo for IGE instructors, Madrid, May 5th, 2014at the Gem-A Headquarter with Alan Hodgkinson, James Riley, Emmanuel Fritsch, Ms Hodgkinson and Dominic Mok, Nov 4th, 2013with Juan Cozar, IGE Laboratory Director, Madrid, May 5th, 2014Setting up the GemmoRaman-532SG at the IGE Laboratory, Madrid, May 5th, 2014GemmoRaman demo for James Shigley and the GIA research laboratory team. GIA Campus, Carlsbad, Feb 10th, 2014Collecting new samples for the DataBase at Mauro Panto's booth, GJX Tucson, Feb 8th, 2014Installing the GemmoRaman SG at the Gem-A new Headquarter, Nov 4th, 2013Collecting new samples for the DataBase with John Bradshaw at the Coast-to-Coast rarestones international booth, GJX Tucson, Feb 8th, 2014GemmoRaman training for Dick Hughes. Tucson, Feb 7th, 2014GemmoRaman training for Barbra Voltaire. Tucson, Feb 6th, 2014GemmoRaman training for Nancy Stacy. Tucson, Feb 4th, 2014With Alan Hodgkinson at the AGA Gala dinner, feb 5th, 2014Sponsor of the Gem-A Conference. London, Goldsmiths Hall, Nov 4th, 2013With John Emmett (Winner of the Bonanno Award 2014) and Dick Hughes at the AGA Gala dinner, feb 5th, 2014With Bear and Cara Williams at the AGA Gala dinner, feb 5th, 2014the GemmoRaman at the Hands on Session, AGA Conference in Tucson. Feb 5th, 2014 showing the GemmoRaman at the Hands on Session, AGA Conference in Tucson. Feb 5th, 2014With John Emmett, Gem-A Conference. London, Goldsmith's Hall, Nov 4th, 2013showing the GemmoRaman at the Hands on Session, AGA Conference in Tucson. Feb 5th, 2014 showing the GemmoRaman at the Hands on Session, AGA Conference in Tucson. Feb 5th, 2014with Nancy Stacy and Carole Richbourg, AGA Conference in Tucson. Feb 5th, 2013 Testing samples with Craig Lynch at the Hands on Session, AGA Conference in Tucson. Feb 5th, 2014 The GemmoRaman booth at the Gem-A Conference. London, Goldsmiths Hall, Nov 4th, 2013With Dominic Mok, Gem-A Conference. London, Goldsmith's Hall, Nov 4th, 2013Lecture about the GemmoRaman - IGE Conference and FEEG Symposium, Madrid, Jan 18th, 2014Lecture about the GemmoRaman - IGE Conference and FEEG Symposium, Madrid, Jan 18th, 2014Workshops about the GemmoRaman - IGE Conference and FEEG Symposium, Madrid, Jan 17th-19th, 2014With Egor Gavrilenko - IGE Conference and FEEG Symposium, Madrid, Jan 18th, 2014Workshops about the GemmoRaman - IGE Conference and FEEG Symposium, Madrid, Jan 18th, 2014Workshops about the GemmoRaman - IGE Conference and FEEG Symposium, Madrid, Jan 19th, 2014Workshops about the GemmoRaman - IGE Conference and FEEG Symposium, Madrid, Jan 19th, 2014Workshops about the GemmoRaman - IGE Conference and FEEG Symposium, Madrid, Jan 19th, 2014the GemmoRaman at the Hands on Session, AGA Conference in Tucson. Feb 5th, 2014 Alberto with Elise Skalwold and Dick Hughes at the AGA conference, Feb 6th, 2013Testing EDXRF with Dr. Franz Herzog, Oct 31st, 2014 Gem-A Conference, the Business Design Centre, Nov 1st, 2014Setting up the units at the booth, the Business Design Centre, nov 1st, 2014with Eric Fritz at the Gem-A booth, Nov 1st, 2014with Vincent Pardieu and Oliver Segura, Nov 2nd, 2014Mikko with Elise Skalwold and Dick Hughes at the AGA conference, Feb 6th, 2013showing the units to Dr Ulrich Henn and Phyllis Wong, Nov 2nd, 2014At the Gem-A Headquarter with Menahem Sevdermish, Christopher Smith, Brendan Laurs and Egor Gavrilenko, Oct 31st, 2014with Dr Herzog at the booth, nov 1st, 2014Raman and PL seminar at the Gem-A Headquarter, Nov 3rd, 2014demonsrating the units to Bart Loosvelt and Conny Forsberg, Nov 1st, 2014Gem-A dinner at the Bleeding Heart, with James Riley and Charles Evans, Nov 1st, 2014Raman and PL seminar at the Gem-A Headquarter, Nov 3rd, 2014Raman and PL seminar at the Gem-A Headquarter, hands on session, Nov 3rd, 2014With Dominic Mok at the Bleeding Heart, nov 3rd, 2014Gem-A Conference Speakers group, Nov 2nd, 2014Tucson gem show 2015At Mariscos with Bear and Cara Williams, Feb 1st, 2015The MAGI booth at the AGTA show, Feb 3rd, 2015Dr Peretti and Branko Deljanin at the Booth, Feb 3rd, 2015AGA conference, the units ready for the hands-on session, Feb 4th, 2015With Prof Brian Thompson at the AGA conference, Feb 4th, 2015With Victor Tuzlukov and the AGA conference, Feb 4th, 2015Antoinette Bonanno Matlins, Pornsawat Wathanakul and Emmanuel Fritsch at the MAGI desk, AGA conference, Feb 4th, 2015with John, Kristi Koivula and Elise Skalwold at the AGA dinner Gala, Feb 4th, 2015With Bear Williams, our distributor for the USA, AGTA gemshow, Feb 5th, 2015Franck Notari at the MAGI booth, AGTA, Feb 5th, 2015Dr. Hanneman at the MAGI booth, Feb 6th, 2015demonstrating the units to Alf Larsson and Asko Kujanpää, Feb 5th, 2015With Dick Hughes and Jean-Claude Michelou at the Palagems Booth, AGTA, Feb 7th, 2015Downtown Tucsondemonstrating the units to Gamini Zoysa, Feb 7th, 2015Separating Blue Dominican from Blue Sumatra Amber with GemmoFTIR, Feb 8th, 2015Tucson Convention Centre - AGTA Gemshow, Feb 9th, 2015With John Dyer at his booth, Riverpark inn show, Feb 9th, 2015Demo for Prof Robert Dowson and his staff at the Department of Geosciences of the Arizona University, Feb 10th, 2015The RRUFF Database samples collection, Department of Geosciences Laboratory, Arizona University, Feb 10th, 2015Prof Dowson showing the Bruker X8 APEX single crystal EDXRF, Arizona University, Feb 10th, 2015Installing GemmoRaman and GemmoFTIR at Eric Fritz lab, Feb 10th, 2015With Ron Ringsrud at the Riverpark Inn, Feb 10th, 2015BaselWorld, Mar 24th, 2015GemmoRaman532SG and GemmoFTIR at the Gem-A Booth, BaselWorld, Mar 24th, 2015with Vincent Pardieu and Daniel Nyfeler at the Gubelin booth, BaselWorld, Mar 24th 2015BaselWorld, Mar 24th 2015BaselWorld, Mar 24th 2015With Ron Ringsrud, BaselWorld, Mar 24th 2015Training for the Gem-A Staff, BaselWorld, Mar 24th 2015with Prof Herzog, BaselWorld, Mar 24th 2015demo for Richard Li, BaselWorld, Mar 24th 2015with Vincent Pardieu, BaselWorld, Mar 25th 2015Demo for Michael Krzemnicki, BaselWorld, Mar 25th 2015dinner with the Gem-A staff, Alsace, Mar 25th 2015Speaking at the Mallorca Gemquest, Apr 18th, 2015speakers of the Mallorca Gemquest, Apr 18th and 19th, 2015conference break, Mallorca Gemquest, Apr 18th and 19th, 2015Deborah Mazza photobomb, Mallorca Gemquest, Apr 19th, 2015with Menahem Sevdermish, James Riley and Guy Borenstein, Mallorca Gemquest, Apr 18th, 2015With Deborah Mazza, Mallorca Gemquest, Apr 18th, 2015With Alan and Charlotte Hodgkinson, Mallorca Gemquest, Apr 18th, 2015Egor Gavrilenko shows the correct cutting pose, Mallorca Gemquest, Apr 18th, 2015with James Riley, Mallorca Gemquest, Apr 18th, 2015Visual optics at the Mallorca Gemquest, Apr 18th, 2015JCK Las Vegas, June 2nd, 2015with John Bradshaw, JCK Las Vegas, June, 2nd, 2015with Sonny Pope and Matt Winward, JCK Las Vegas, June, 2nd, 2015With Dusan Simic and Sharrie Woodring Hand, JCK Las Vegas, June, 2nd, 2015with Josh Saltzman, JCK Las Vegas, June, 2nd, 2015with Ya'akov Almor, JCK Las Vegas, June 2nd, 2015with Jason Brim and Ryan Quantz, JCK Las Vegas, June 2nd, 2015with John Woodmark and Dana Schorr, JCK Las Vegas, June 2nd, 2015Kowloon, Sept 21st, 2015with Dominic Mok at AGIL booth, HK Congress center fair, Sept 21st, 2015HK Congress center fair, Sept 21st, 2015With Charles Evans and Elaine Ruddie at the Gem-A Booth, HK Congress center fair, Sept 21st, 2015With Adi Peretti and Matthias Alessandri at the GRS Lab, HK, Sept 21st, 2015HK Congress Center, Sept 22nd, 2015wandering in Kowloon, Sept 22nd, 2015the Jade Market in Kowloon, Sept 22nd, 2015the Jade Market in Kowloon, Sept 22nd, 2015Bangkok from the 51st floor of the JTC, sept 24th, 2015Installing the GemmoRaman532 at Jeffery Bergman's office, Sept, 24th, 2015Lunch at Silom with Julie Poli and Jeffery Bergman, Sept 25th, 2015Chanthaburi gem market, Sept 26th, 2015Thai burner showing cobalt glass filled sapphires and alumina crucible, Chanthaburi, Sept, 26th, 2015somewhere in the gulf of Thailand with Julie Poli, Dick and Billie Hughes, Sept 26th, 2015playing with an excavator in a basaltic sapphire mine, south of Chanthaburi, Sept 26th, 2015operating a water cannon for washing the gravel, basaltic sapphire mine, south of Chanthaburi, Sept 26th, 2015operating a water cannon for washing the gravel, basaltic sapphire mine, south of Chanthaburi, Sept 26th, 2015watch your setp....basaltic sapphire mine, south of Chanthaburi, Sept 26th, 2015visiting Cien Lab in Bangkok with Sutas Singbamroong, Sept 28th, 2015quick training at the Cien Lab in Bangkok with Sutas Singbamroong, Sept 28th, 2015101 tower, Taipei, Taiwan, Oct 2nd, 2015training at Richard Li Office, Oct 3rd, 2015training with Liquid Nitrogen at Richard Li Office, Oct 3rd, 2015Lab staff at the Richard Li office, Oct 3rd, 2015Contrast scenario in Taipei, Oct 3rd, 2015another view of the 101 building, Oct 3rd, 2015restaurant inside the 101 building, Oct 3rd, 2015local Market in Taipei, Oct 3rd, 2015Gorgeous brooch featuring, black opal in the body, Jades, Diamonds and a 101 cts Unheated Sri Lankan blue sapphire, Richard Li Workshop, Taipei, Oct 4th, 2015holding the 101 cts Unheated Sri Lankan blue sapphire, Richard Li Workshop, Taipei, Oct 4th, 2015Showing the GemmoRaman to John Koivula at the CIGES in Florence, Sept 26th , 2012Bear Williams added a slide about GemmoRaman to his presentation. London, Gem-A Conference, Nov 4th, 2012the GemmoRaman booth at the Gem-A Conference, London, Nov 4th, 2012the GemmoRaman booth at the Gem-A Conference, London, Nov 4th, 2012Alan Hodgkinson and Bear Williams at the GemmoRaman booth, Gem-A Conference, London, Nov 4th, 2012the GemmoRaman at the Hands on Session, AGA Conference in Tucson. Feb 6th, 2013 the GemmoRaman at the Hands on Session, AGA Conference in Tucson. Feb 6th, 2013 the GemmoRaman at the Hands on Session, AGA Conference in Tucson. Feb 6th, 2013 the GemmoRaman at the Hands on Session, AGA Conference in Tucson. Feb 6th, 2013 the GemmoRaman at the Hands on Session, AGA Conference in Tucson. Feb 6th, 2013 the GemmoRaman at the Hands on Session, AGA Conference in Tucson. Feb 6th, 2013