Far East Gemological Laboratory 2018
Far East Gemological laboratory has been around since 1988, the aim was to provide support to the jewellery industry in gem identification, diamond grading and jewellery appraisal services. As the principle gemologist was a graduate from Gemological Institute of America (GIA) in 1980s, it was natural that the laboratory follow the GIA diamond grading system and GIA gem identification system. The gem lab is well equipped with various gemological instrument like Mettler electronic weighing scale, Mitutoyo digital gemstone gauge , American Optic binocular microscope, GIA Gem Instrument Refractometer, and GIA Gem Instrument table top prism spectroscopy with additional advanced instrument like JASCO Fourier Transform Infrared spectrometer, UV-vis spectrometer and Energy Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence spectrometer for testing synthetic and treated stones. The key person in this gem lab is Tay Thye Sun, holds a Bachelor of Science (honours) in geology and Masters degree from the Univ