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The Gemmological Association of Great Britain

The trade uses Gem-A for gemmological qualifications and for the FGA and DGA credentials held by working gemmologists.

The record

HeadquartersLondon, United Kingdom
Founded1908
Kind of bodyEducation body
Country-of-origin opinionsNot issued
StatusIssuing reports

What it covers

Education

Reports it publishes

Named as the laboratory names them on its own site. Report contents and wording are set by the laboratory, not by us.

Worth knowing

Gem-A is an education and membership body, not a report-issuing laboratory; no gem testing or report service appears on its official site, and the entries above are qualifications rather than reports. Its FGA and DGA register verifies individual members, not reports. A separate organisation in Athens named Gem Testing Laboratory appears on gem-a.com as an accredited teaching centre and is not a Gem-A laboratory.

Official sources

Compiled from gem-a.com, read on August 16, 2026.

We verify dealers, not stones. A laboratory report describes one stone on one date; it is not a guarantee of value, and it is not ours to stand behind.

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