Sinkankas Symposium

[Frank de Wit]

Sinkankas Symposium
http://www.sinkankassymposium.net/

8 april 2017

GIA (Gemological Institute of America)
World Headquarters and The Robert Mouawad Campus
5345 Armada Drive, Carlsbad, California 92008, USA


Edward Boehm – Sapphire Origin Determination: Past and Present
Dr. John Emmett – All the Colors of Corundum
Dr. George Harlow – Syenite-Hosted Sapphires – What's Going On
Alan Hart – Sapphires in the Crown Jewels
Richard Hughes – Sapphire Around the World
Carl Larson – Sapphire: Cut Gems and Crystals from a Collector's Perspective
Glenn Lehrer – The Art and Science of Faceting and Carving Sapphire
Shane McClure – Sapphire Treatments and Their Detection
Nathan Renfro – The Microworld of Sapphires
Dr. George Rossman – Added Attractions on Color in Corundum
Dr. William "Skip" Simmons – Mineralogy and Crystallography of Sapphire
Lisbet Thoresen – Archaeogemology of Sapphire

[Frank de Wit]

Roger Merk Tribute Symposium 2016
http://www.sinkankassymposium.net/
9 april 2016

Live report
http://www.mindat.org/article.php/2349/Sinkankas+Symposium+2016+-+Roger+Merk+tribute+-+Live+Report

[Alfredo Petrov]

There will however still be an event on the original planned date, April 9, 2016, just different topic. Original topic postponed to next year.

[Frank de Wit]

The 14th Annual Sinkankas Symposium, originally scheduled for April 9, 2016, has been re-scheduled for April 8, 2017, and will convene at the GIA worldwide headquarters and Robert Mouawad Campus in Carlsbad, California, which has been the venue for the previous thirteen events. The gem theme for 2017 will be Sapphire.
http://www.sinkankassymposium.net/

[Bert de Ruiter]

Roger Merk Tribute Symposium 2016
http://www.sinkankassymposium.net/

9 april 2016

Ocean View at Ballast Point Restaurant
Naval Base Point Loma, Main Base
Bldg. 501

[Frank de Wit]

report
http://www.gia.edu/gems-gemology/summer-2015-gemnews-sinkankas-symposium

[Frank de Wit]

Sinkankas Symposium
http://www.sinkankassymposium.net/

18 april 2015


Dr. Raquel Alonso-Perez – Opals, History and Science of the Harvard University Collection
Dr. Eloise Gaillou – An Overview of Gem Opals: From the Geology to Color and Microstructure
Andrew Cody – Australian Opals, Especially Fossilized Opals
Alan Hart – Opals in the Natural History Museum, London
Bill Larson – A Collector's Perspective
Meg Berry – Lapidary Tricks in Cutting Opal
Nathan Renfro – The Microworld of Opal
Renee Newman – Matrix Opals and Common Opals, Part 1
Helen Serras-Herman – Common Opals, Part 2
Jack Hobart – Photographic Studies of Mexican Opals
Robert Weldon – Photographing Opal
Dr. George R. Rossman – Color in Natural Opal, and Additional Remarks


5 april 2014
6 april 2013
21 april 2012

GIA (Gemological Institute of America)
World Headquarters and The Robert Mouawad Campus
5345 Armada Drive, Carlsbad, California 92008, USA