﻿{"id":1033,"date":"2012-04-26T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-04-26T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/dailyjewel\/?guid=e0c6c0c0d58715d85cb6f124f7e1738f"},"modified":"2012-04-26T14:00:09","modified_gmt":"2012-04-26T14:00:09","slug":"new-ssef-gemexplorer-website","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/dailyjewel\/2012\/04\/26\/new-ssef-gemexplorer-website\/","title":{"rendered":"New SSEF GemExplorer Website"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<h1 id=\"yui_3_2_0_49_13351074461201075\" style=\"background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; font-style: italic; margin-bottom: 0.67em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.67em; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;\">New SSEF GemExplorer Website<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-yK-ud2KylaI\/T5TAFITnvzI\/AAAAAAAAQ7w\/9497XPVlMDI\/s1600\/imgnewsletter_gemexplorer-2.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; display: inline !important; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-yK-ud2KylaI\/T5TAFITnvzI\/AAAAAAAAQ7w\/9497XPVlMDI\/s200\/imgnewsletter_gemexplorer-2.jpg\" width=\"200\" \/><\/a><br \/><span style=\"background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\"><\/span><br \/>Announcing the launch of&nbsp;<a class=\"yiv971904940external-link-new-window\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gemexplorer.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" style=\"font-style: italic; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px;\" ><span class=\"yshortcuts\" id=\"lw_1335145996_3\" style=\"cursor: pointer;\">www.gemexplorer.org<\/span><\/a>. This website is rich in information about different gemstone mining regions allowing you to explore many of these by satellite imagery.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/><span style=\"background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">The GemExplorer website educates while giving you the possibility to navigate the world\u2019s major sources of coloured gemstones, diamonds and pearls. You can view different mining regions with the help of satellite imagery, pictures of gemstones and read further information about these gemstones and their origins.&nbsp;<\/span><br \/><span style=\"background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-tEVvoV4Z1N0\/T5TAEpeuqaI\/AAAAAAAAQ7o\/8IAJNr4yyT8\/s1600\/imgexplorer.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-tEVvoV4Z1N0\/T5TAEpeuqaI\/AAAAAAAAQ7o\/8IAJNr4yyT8\/s400\/imgexplorer.png\" width=\"357\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\"><span style=\"background-color: white;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\"><span style=\"background-color: white;\">This resource is being updated and improved&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">continuously<\/span><span style=\"background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">, and contributors are welcome&#8230;if you have a site to contribute, you are welcome to collaborate with us on&nbsp;this project.&nbsp;<\/span><br \/><span style=\"background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">The GemExplorer Application was introduced at the end of 2011 and offers users the ability to plan their next gemstone holiday, or just to navigate the world\u2019s major sources of coloured gemstones, diamonds and pearls.  GemExplorer is available in <a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/gemexplorer\/id411642847?mt=8\" >iTunes for your iPhone<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-3ay0mi1doIU\/T5TACwLmqmI\/AAAAAAAAQ7g\/jfpjhSQ8s4M\/s1600\/imgapp.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"387\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-3ay0mi1doIU\/T5TACwLmqmI\/AAAAAAAAQ7g\/jfpjhSQ8s4M\/s400\/imgapp.png\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-OK1onONDlNs\/T5TABceiQFI\/AAAAAAAAQ7Y\/ntVoLESRYHI\/s1600\/d3957c3a90.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"70\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-OK1onONDlNs\/T5TABceiQFI\/AAAAAAAAQ7Y\/ntVoLESRYHI\/s200\/d3957c3a90.jpg\" width=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: white;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\"><b>About SSEF:<\/b><\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"background-color: white; line-height: 16px; text-align: left;\">The Swiss Gemmological Institute, part of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ssef.ch\/\" >Swiss Foundation for the Research of Gemstones <\/a>(SSEF: Schweizerische Stiftung f\u00fcr Edelstein-Forschung) was founded by trade organisations in 1974 and works independently on a scientific basis.<\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"background-color: white;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-small;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"bodytext\" style=\"background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 16px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-small;\">The function of the<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ssef.ch\/\" > SSEF <\/a>laboratory is to analyse precious stones and issue test reports for diamonds, coloured stones and pearls. It was recognised in 1978 by the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cibjo.org\/\" style=\"background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: italic; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\" >World Jewellery Confederation &#8211; CIBJO<\/a>. It is also a member of the<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gemstone.org\/\" style=\"background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: italic; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\" >International Colored Stone Association &#8211; ICA<\/a>.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"bodytext\" style=\"background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 16px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"bodytext\" style=\"background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 16px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-small;\">All laboratory gemmologists have a scientific and gemmological education and work on a high level of experience and integrity. The laboratory is equipped with the most modern analytical instruments. This ensures that the&nbsp;authenticity of gemstones, origins, and possible&nbsp;treatments can be tested in the most&nbsp;scientific and reproducible manner. &nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-small;\">The laboratory primarily examines loose cut stones, but set stones in jewellery pieces are&nbsp;also tested. Test reports are written in English, French or German, they are however, &nbsp;issued for identification only and do not provide a commercial evaluation.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"bodytext\" style=\"background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #5e5e5e; line-height: 16px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-small;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img width='1' height='1' src='https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/4698837677539896356-2004154830182607343?l=dailyjewel.blogspot.com' alt='' \/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New SSEF GemExplorer WebsiteAnnouncing the launch of&nbsp;www.gemexplorer.org. 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