Hyderabad : The FICCI Ladies Organisation—FLO, in association with International Gemological Institute and Pavan Mor Jewellers organized a workshop “Know Your Jewellery” in the city at Pavan Mor Jewellers today. Hitindra Mistry, Head of Education of IGI, conducted the workshop. IGI is the largest independent gemological laboratory and appraisal institute with offices all over the world. IGI is 25years old in India has 600 employees working for it.
True red diamonds are the rarest of all natural colored diamonds. Fewer than 20 natural certified red diamonds are known to exist, and unlike other colored diamonds – which can weigh many hundreds of carats in their rough form and even after cutting and polishing exceed 100 carats – no red diamond has a carat weight of over 5.11, and only three red diamonds in existence weigh over 5 carats informed Hitindra Mistry.
Diamond industry is growing 15 per cent annually and we are growing at 25 per cent, said Pavan of Pavan Mor Jewellers. The purpose of this workshop is to create awareness and educate customers. 700 FICCI FLO members will be attending workshops today and
FLO women in association with IGI and Pavan Mor jewelers is conducting a ” know your Jewellery ‘ workshop to empower themselves to know whether they are buying real or fake diamonds. Simple home tests are conducted by IGI expert to educate women to identify fake diamonds from real ones. After the workshop, women will be given IGI personalized certificates with Diamond kits.
Priyanka Ganeriwal Arora, Chairperson FICCI FLO, said the workshop is a hands-on-session to identify real and Cosmetic Gems, assess jewelry and understand Diamonds as an Investment.(NSS)
